IC 4062
IC 4062
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
506 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 506 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4062 as it looked roughly 506 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 3945Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 4064Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartIC 4004Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartIC 4085Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 4065Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4135Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4064Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartIC 4004Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartIC 4085Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 4065Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4135Barred spiral11 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).