IC 4317
IC 4317
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
402 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 402 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4317 as it looked roughly 402 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 4314Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartIC 4332Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 916Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 4313Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 4342Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4343Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4332Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 916Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 4313Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 4342Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4343Elliptical26 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).