IC 4656
IC 4656
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
221 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
170k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 221 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4656 as it looked roughly 221 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 6483Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 6407Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4664Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4696Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6328Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4698Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6407Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4664Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4696Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6328Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4698Barred spiral20 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).