IC 4994
IC 4994
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
266 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 266 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4994 as it looked roughly 266 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 4961Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 6854Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 4927Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4944Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6899Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4908Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6854Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 4927Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4944Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 6899Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4908Spiral23 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).