IC 4073
IC 4073
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
524 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 524 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4073 as it looked roughly 524 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 4056Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 4065Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 4135Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 4108Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 4118Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4062Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4065Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 4135Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 4108Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 4118Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4062Spiral18 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).