IC 4011
IC 4011
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
339 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 339 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4011 as it looked roughly 339 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 4012Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4919Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4872Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4842BElliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4874Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4842AElliptical4.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4919Lenticular2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4872Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4842BElliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4874Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4842AElliptical4.9 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).