IC 4265
IC 4265
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
625 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 625 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4265 as it looked roughly 625 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 4252Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 4273Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 4279Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 4281Spiral57 million ly
apartIC 4259Barred spiral62 million ly
apartIC 4294Barred spiral62 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4273Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 4279Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 4281Spiral57 million ly
apartIC 4259Barred spiral62 million ly
apartIC 4294Barred spiral62 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).