IC 4273
IC 4273
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
599 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
165k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 599 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4273 as it looked roughly 599 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 4279Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 4281Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 4252Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 4309Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 4265Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 4243Elliptical44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4281Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 4252Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 4309Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 4265Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 4243Elliptical44 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).