IC 4034
IC 4034
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
392 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 392 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4034 as it looked roughly 392 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 4049Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartIC 4028Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 4094Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 4038Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartIC 3967Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartIC 3966Spiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4028Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 4094Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 4038Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartIC 3967Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartIC 3966Spiral9.1 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).