IC 4180
IC 4180
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
137 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 137 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4180 as it looked roughly 137 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 4993Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4968Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartIC 4197Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5022Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5018Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5006Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4968Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartIC 4197Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5022Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5018Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5006Lenticular13 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).