IC 4934
IC 4934
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
158 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 158 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4934 as it looked roughly 158 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 4960Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartIC 4962Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 6808Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 4972Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5023Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4968Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4962Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 6808Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 4972Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 5023Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4968Barred spiral14 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).