IC 4064
IC 4064
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
497 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
202k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 497 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4064 as it looked roughly 497 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 4085Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartIC 3945Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 4068Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartIC 4062Spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 4060Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 4004Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3945Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 4068Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartIC 4062Spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 4060Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 4004Elliptical11 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).