IC 4330
IC 4330
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
534 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
200k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 534 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4330 as it looked roughly 534 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 4309Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 4281Spiral49 million ly
apartIC 4243Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 4288Barred spiral53 million ly
apartIC 4262Barred spiral53 million ly
apartIC 4289Elliptical54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4281Spiral49 million ly
apartIC 4243Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 4288Barred spiral53 million ly
apartIC 4262Barred spiral53 million ly
apartIC 4289Elliptical54 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).