IC 4907
IC 4907
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
701 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 701 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4907 as it looked roughly 701 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 4917Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 4915Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 4984Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 4932Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 4947Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 4902Barred spiral90 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4915Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 4984Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 4932Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 4947Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 4902Barred spiral90 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).