IC 4999
IC 4999
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
146 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 146 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4999 as it looked roughly 146 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 5005Barred spiral1.3 million ly
apartNGC 6907Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 6908Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 6923Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5020Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6903Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6907Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 6908Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 6923Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 5020Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 6903Elliptical19 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).