IC 4007
IC 4007
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
1.2 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.2 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 4007 as it looked roughly 1.2 billion 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 4079Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 4080 NED02Galaxy42 million ly
apartIC 3875Barred spiral53 million ly
apartIC 4025Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 3905 NED02Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 3929Barred spiral67 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4080 NED02Galaxy42 million ly
apartIC 3875Barred spiral53 million ly
apartIC 4025Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 3905 NED02Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 3929Barred spiral67 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).