IC 4426
IC 4426
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
720 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
144k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 720 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4426 as it looked roughly 720 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 4429Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 4434Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 1004Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 4440Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 4439Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4438Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4434Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 1004Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 4440Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 4439Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4438Barred spiral27 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).