IC 4028
IC 4028
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
390 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 390 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4028 as it looked roughly 390 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 4049Lenticular1.5 million ly
apartIC 3966Spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 3967Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 4034Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4774 NED01Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4774 NED02Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3966Spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 3967Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 4034Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4774 NED01Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4774 NED02Spiral11 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).