IC 4271 NED01
IC 4271 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
797 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
202k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 797 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4271 NED01 as it looked roughly 797 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 4268Elliptical43 million ly
apartIC 4266Barred spiral60 million ly
apartIC 4152Elliptical88 million ly
apartIC 3904Spiral100 million ly
apartIC 3909Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 3890Spiral100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4266Barred spiral60 million ly
apartIC 4152Elliptical88 million ly
apartIC 3904Spiral100 million ly
apartIC 3909Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 3890Spiral100 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).