IC 4071
IC 4071
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
157 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 157 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4071 as it looked roughly 157 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 4885Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4925Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 3812Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4773Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4780Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4777Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4925Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 3812Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4773Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4780Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4777Spiral11 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).