IC 4926
IC 4926
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
256 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 256 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4926 as it looked roughly 256 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 4991Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 4931Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 6849Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6806Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6878ASpiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6805Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4931Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 6849Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 6806Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6878ASpiral30 million ly
apartNGC 6805Elliptical31 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).