IC 4051
IC 4051
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
407 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 407 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4051 as it looked roughly 407 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 4044Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4895Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4854Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4789Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 4026Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 4883Elliptical28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4895Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4854Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4789Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 4026Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 4883Elliptical28 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).