IC 4214
IC 4214
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
107 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 107 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4214 as it looked roughly 107 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 5161Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 5188Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 874Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 4965Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 4947Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 4254Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5188Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 874Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 4965Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 4947Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 4254Barred spiral10 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).