IC 4469
IC 4469
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
272 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 272 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4469 as it looked roughly 272 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
NGC 5628Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5760Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4478Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 999Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 5702Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1000Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5760Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4478Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 999Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 5702Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 1000Lenticular22 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).