IC 4938
IC 4938
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
168 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
22k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 168 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4938 as it looked roughly 168 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 4939Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 4906Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 4968Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4936Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 5036Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4833Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4906Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 4968Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4936Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 5036Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4833Spiral19 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).