IC 4915
IC 4915
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
718 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
286k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 718 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4915 as it looked roughly 718 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 4907Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4917Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 4984Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 4932Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 4947Elliptical65 million ly
apartIC 4902Barred spiral77 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4917Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 4984Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 4932Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 4947Elliptical65 million ly
apartIC 4902Barred spiral77 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).