IC 4985
IC 4985
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
207 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 207 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4985 as it looked roughly 207 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 4971Barred spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 6872Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 4992Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4887Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4929Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 5054Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6872Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 4992Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4887Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4929Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 5054Barred 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).