IC 4260
IC 4260
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
475 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
162k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 475 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4260 as it looked roughly 475 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 4261Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 4253Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 4255Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 4286Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 4289Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 4262Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4253Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 4255Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 4286Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 4289Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 4262Barred spiral18 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).