IC 4251
IC 4251
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
207 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 207 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4251 as it looked roughly 207 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 5152Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartIC 4275Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 5182Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5153Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartIC 4295Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5126Lenticular8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4275Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 5182Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5153Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartIC 4295Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5126Lenticular8.6 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).