IC 4467
IC 4467
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
692 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 692 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4467 as it looked roughly 692 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 4454Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4466Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 4439Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 4429Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 4494Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 4426Elliptical44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4466Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 4439Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 4429Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 4494Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 4426Elliptical44 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).