IC 4012
IC 4012
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
337 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 337 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4012 as it looked roughly 337 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 4011Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4872Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4874Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4919Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4842BElliptical4.8 million ly
apartIC 842Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4872Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4874Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4919Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4842BElliptical4.8 million ly
apartIC 842Barred spiral5.8 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).