IC 4451
IC 4451
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
189 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 189 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4451 as it looked roughly 189 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 4464Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 4378Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 4388Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4421Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 4367Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5843Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4378Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 4388Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4421Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 4367Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5843Barred spiral22 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).