IC 4270
IC 4270
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
376 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 376 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4270 as it looked roughly 376 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 4292Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 4318Spiral50 million ly
apartIC 4276Spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 5108Barred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 4298Spiral64 million ly
apartIC 4320Lenticular64 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4318Spiral50 million ly
apartIC 4276Spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 5108Barred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 4298Spiral64 million ly
apartIC 4320Lenticular64 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).