IC 4927
IC 4927
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
272 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 272 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4927 as it looked roughly 272 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 4944Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 6854Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartIC 4961Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4994Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4876Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4908Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6854Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartIC 4961Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4994Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4876Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4908Spiral22 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).