IC 4313
IC 4313
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
425 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 425 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4313 as it looked roughly 425 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 4283Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4317Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4314Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 913Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 4332Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 933Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4317Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4314Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 913Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 4332Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 933Lenticular29 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).