IC 4935
IC 4935
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4935 as it looked roughly 213 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 4980Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 4963Spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 4937Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6855Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 6848Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4884Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4963Spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 4937Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 6855Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 6848Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4884Lenticular11 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).