IC 4956
IC 4956
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
239 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 239 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4956 as it looked roughly 239 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
NGC 6878ASpiral12 million ly
apartNGC 6918Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 4916Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4995Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 6970Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6878Spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6918Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 4916Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4995Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 6970Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6878Spiral33 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).