IC 4373
IC 4373
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
415 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 415 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4373 as it looked roughly 415 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 4346Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 4343Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5008Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4342Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4349Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4344Spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4343Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5008Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4342Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4349Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4344Spiral25 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).