IC 4984
IC 4984
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
721 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
184k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 721 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4984 as it looked roughly 721 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 4915Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 4907Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 4917Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 4947Elliptical68 million ly
apartIC 4932Spiral69 million ly
apartIC 4965Lenticular79 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4907Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 4917Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 4947Elliptical68 million ly
apartIC 4932Spiral69 million ly
apartIC 4965Lenticular79 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).