IC 4405
IC 4405
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
513 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
202k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 513 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4405 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 4395Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 4399Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5594Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 4418Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5508Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 4384Lenticular31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4399Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5594Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 4418Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5508Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 4384Lenticular31 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).