IC 4212
IC 4212
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
69 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
7k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 69 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4212 as it looked roughly 69 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 4948ABarred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4958Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4813Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4731Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4775Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 825Elliptical7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4958Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4813Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4731Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4775Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 825Elliptical7.2 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).