IC 4281
IC 4281
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
570 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
216k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 570 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4281 as it looked roughly 570 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 spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 4243Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 4309Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 4273Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 4330Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 4265Spiral57 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4243Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 4309Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 4273Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 4330Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 4265Spiral57 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).