IC 4026
IC 4026
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
381 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 381 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4026 as it looked roughly 381 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 4883Elliptical1.3 million ly
apartNGC 4875Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 4911Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 4854Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4860Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4851Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4875Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 4911Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 4854Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4860Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4851Lenticular14 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).