IC 4893
IC 4893
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
180 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 180 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4893 as it looked roughly 180 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 6876Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartIC 4981Irregular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 6880Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartIC 5009Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 5014Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 6877Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4981Irregular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 6880Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartIC 5009Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 5014Galaxy11 million ly
apartNGC 6877Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).