IC 4905
IC 4905
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
746 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
226k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 746 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4905 as it looked roughly 746 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 spiral71 million ly
apartIC 4965Lenticular72 million ly
apartIC 4915Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 4984Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 4907Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 4917Lenticular120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4965Lenticular72 million ly
apartIC 4915Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 4984Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 4907Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 4917Lenticular120 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).