IC 4902
IC 4902
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
776 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 776 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4902 as it looked roughly 776 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 4965Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 4905Spiral71 million ly
apartIC 4915Elliptical77 million ly
apartIC 4984Barred spiral84 million ly
apartIC 4907Barred spiral90 million ly
apartIC 4897Barred spiral94 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4905Spiral71 million ly
apartIC 4915Elliptical77 million ly
apartIC 4984Barred spiral84 million ly
apartIC 4907Barred spiral90 million ly
apartIC 4897Barred spiral94 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).