IC 4237
IC 4237
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
125 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 125 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4237 as it looked roughly 125 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 5006Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5018Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartIC 863Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5044Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5049Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5017Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5018Elliptical9.6 million ly
apartIC 863Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5044Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5049Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5017Elliptical13 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).