IC 4971
IC 4971
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
208 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 208 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4971 as it looked roughly 208 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 4985Spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 6872Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 4887Spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 4899Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4929Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4992Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6872Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 4887Spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 4899Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4929Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4992Barred spiral12 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).