IC 4080 NED02
IC 4080 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
1.2 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
18.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.2 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 4080 NED02 as it looked roughly 1.2 billion 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 4079Spiral1.5 million ly
apartIC 4025Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 3905 NED02Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 4080 NED01Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 3929Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 4007Elliptical42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4025Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 3905 NED02Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 4080 NED01Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 3929Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 4007Elliptical42 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).