IC 804
IC 804
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
136 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 136 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 804 as it looked roughly 136 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
NGC 4671Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4628Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4626Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4690Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 4428Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4433Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4628Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4626Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4690Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 4428Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4433Spiral12 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).