IC 4216
IC 4216
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
133 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 133 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4216 as it looked roughly 133 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 5066Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 5122Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5079Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 5119Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 5105Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5076Lenticular7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5122Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 5079Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 5119Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 5105Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5076Lenticular7.9 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).