IC 4221
IC 4221
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
136 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 136 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4221 as it looked roughly 136 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 5105Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 5010Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5079Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5076Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5119Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 5031Lenticular6.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5010Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5079Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5076Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5119Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 5031Lenticular6.7 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).