IC 4261
IC 4261
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
471 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
160k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 471 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4261 as it looked roughly 471 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 4260Spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 4253Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 4286Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 4255Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartIC 4289Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 4288Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4253Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 4286Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 4255Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartIC 4289Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 4288Barred spiral20 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).