IC 4987
IC 4987
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
582 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
171k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 582 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4987 as it looked roughly 582 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 4925Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4886Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 4947Elliptical75 million ly
apartIC 4973Barred spiral76 million ly
apartIC 4932Spiral79 million ly
apartIC 5027Barred spiral79 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4886Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 4947Elliptical75 million ly
apartIC 4973Barred spiral76 million ly
apartIC 4932Spiral79 million ly
apartIC 5027Barred spiral79 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).