IC 4925
IC 4925
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
588 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 588 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4925 as it looked roughly 588 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 4987Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4886Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 4947Elliptical68 million ly
apartIC 4932Spiral69 million ly
apartIC 4973Barred spiral78 million ly
apartIC 5027Barred spiral94 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4886Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 4947Elliptical68 million ly
apartIC 4932Spiral69 million ly
apartIC 4973Barred spiral78 million ly
apartIC 5027Barred spiral94 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).