IC 4356
IC 4356
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
701 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 701 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4356 as it looked roughly 701 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
NGC 5319Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 4266Barred spiral82 million ly
apartNGC 5441Barred spiral90 million ly
apartIC 4268Elliptical92 million ly
apartIC 4239Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 4271 NED01Barred spiral120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4266Barred spiral82 million ly
apartNGC 5441Barred spiral90 million ly
apartIC 4268Elliptical92 million ly
apartIC 4239Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 4271 NED01Barred spiral120 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).