IC 4314
IC 4314
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
398 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 398 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4314 as it looked roughly 398 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 4317Spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 916Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 4322Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 4332Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 909Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4313Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 916Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 4322Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 4332Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 909Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4313Elliptical27 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).