IC 4268
IC 4268
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
755 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
138k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 755 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4268 as it looked roughly 755 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 4266Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4271 NED01Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 4152Elliptical67 million ly
apartIC 4145Spiral84 million ly
apartIC 3922Barred spiral88 million ly
apartNGC 5319Barred spiral90 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4271 NED01Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 4152Elliptical67 million ly
apartIC 4145Spiral84 million ly
apartIC 3922Barred spiral88 million ly
apartNGC 5319Barred spiral90 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).