IC 4897
IC 4897
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
845 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
197k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 845 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4897 as it looked roughly 845 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
IC 4902Barred spiral94 million ly
apartIC 4965Lenticular110 million ly
apartIC 4915Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 4984Barred spiral140 million ly
apartIC 4907Barred spiral140 million ly
apartNGC 6902ABarred spiral150 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4965Lenticular110 million ly
apartIC 4915Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 4984Barred spiral140 million ly
apartIC 4907Barred spiral140 million ly
apartNGC 6902ABarred spiral150 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).