IC 4224
IC 4224
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBd
258 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 258 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4224 as it looked roughly 258 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 5095Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 4218Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5104Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 850Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 865Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 849Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4218Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5104Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 850Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 865Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 849Spiral15 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).