IC 4912
IC 4912
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
288 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 288 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4912 as it looked roughly 288 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 4864Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5025Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 5040Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6557Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 4747Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 4641Spiral52 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5025Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 5040Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 6557Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 4747Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 4641Spiral52 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).