IC 4030
IC 4030
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
326 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 326 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4030 as it looked roughly 326 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 4045Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartIC 3959Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4848Spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 4041Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4944Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4926ALenticular5.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3959Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4848Spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 4041Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4944Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4926ALenticular5.6 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).