IC 4044
IC 4044
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
399 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 399 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4044 as it looked roughly 399 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 4895Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartIC 4051Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4854Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4789Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 4026Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4883Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4051Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4854Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4789Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 4026Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4883Elliptical19 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).