IC 4193
IC 4193
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
385 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 385 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4193 as it looked roughly 385 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 4165Spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 4168Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 4100Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4985Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 4094Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4034Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4168Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 4100Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4985Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 4094Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4034Spiral19 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).