IC 4466
IC 4466
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
677 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
197k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 677 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4466 as it looked roughly 677 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 4467Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4454Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4439Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 4429Elliptical42 million ly
apartIC 4494Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 4426Elliptical54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4454Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4439Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 4429Elliptical42 million ly
apartIC 4494Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 4426Elliptical54 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).