IC 4315
IC 4315
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
240 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 240 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4315 as it looked roughly 240 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 4280Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4290Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4324Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5330Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 4321Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5328Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4290Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4324Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5330Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 4321Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5328Elliptical25 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).