IC 4230
IC 4230
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
336 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 336 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4230 as it looked roughly 336 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
IC 4244Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 4241Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartIC 854Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4287 NED01Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 4202Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5004ASpiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4241Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartIC 854Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4287 NED01Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 4202Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5004ASpiral22 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).