IC 4037
IC 4037
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
918 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 918 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4037 as it looked roughly 918 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 3844Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 3885Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 3993Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 3771Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 3842Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 4207Barred spiral72 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3885Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 3993Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 3771Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 3842Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 4207Barred spiral72 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).