IC 4672
IC 4672
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
239 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 239 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4672 as it looked roughly 239 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 4664Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 6483Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 6398Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4752Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4737Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4760Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6483Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 6398Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4752Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4737Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4760Lenticular21 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).