IC 4312
IC 4312
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
180 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 180 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4312 as it looked roughly 180 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
NGC 5234Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartIC 4311Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 4200Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5091Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 4785Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5082Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4311Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 4200Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5091Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 4785Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5082Lenticular26 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).