IC 4288
IC 4288
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
488 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
193k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 488 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4288 as it looked roughly 488 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 4289Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 4262Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4286Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4255Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 4260Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4253Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4262Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4286Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4255Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 4260Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4253Barred spiral19 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).