IC 4429
IC 4429
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
704 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
209k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 704 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4429 as it looked roughly 704 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 4439Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 4426Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 4454Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1004Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 4467Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 4434Elliptical36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4426Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 4454Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 1004Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 4467Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 4434Elliptical36 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).