IC 4448
IC 4448
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4448 as it looked roughly 214 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 4484Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4578Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 4640Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 4541Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 4647Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 4644Barred spiral44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4578Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 4640Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 4541Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 4647Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 4644Barred spiral44 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).