IC 4332
IC 4332
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
407 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 407 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4332 as it looked roughly 407 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 4342Spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 4343Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 4346Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 916Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 4317Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4314Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4343Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 4346Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 916Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 4317Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4314Elliptical23 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).