IC 4962
IC 4962
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
161 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 161 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4962 as it looked roughly 161 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 4960Lenticular2.0 million ly
apartIC 4934Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 6808Spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 4972Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 5008Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4964Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4934Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 6808Spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 4972Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 5008Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4964Spiral15 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).