IC 4911
IC 4911
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
469 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 469 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4911 as it looked roughly 469 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 4975Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 4957Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 4896Barred spiral63 million ly
apartIC 4894Galaxy77 million ly
apartIC 5027Barred spiral79 million ly
apartIC 5034Barred spiral81 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4957Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 4896Barred spiral63 million ly
apartIC 4894Galaxy77 million ly
apartIC 5027Barred spiral79 million ly
apartIC 5034Barred spiral81 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).