IC 4960
IC 4960
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
162 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 162 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4960 as it looked roughly 162 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 4962Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartIC 4934Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 4972Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 6808Spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 5008Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6932Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4934Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 4972Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 6808Spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 5008Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6932Lenticular15 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).