IC 4454
IC 4454
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
689 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
16.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 689 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4454 as it looked roughly 689 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 4467Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4439Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4466Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 4429Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 4426Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 4494Lenticular41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4439Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4466Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 4429Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 4426Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 4494Lenticular41 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).