IC 4372
IC 4372
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
513 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 513 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4372 as it looked roughly 513 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 4368Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 4360Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4354Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 4364Barred spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 5309Galaxy68 million ly
apartNGC 5555Barred spiral79 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4360Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4354Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 4364Barred spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 5309Galaxy68 million ly
apartNGC 5555Barred spiral79 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).