IC 4094
IC 4094
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
396 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 396 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4094 as it looked roughly 396 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 4034Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 4038Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 4049Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 4028Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4774 NED01Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3967Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4038Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 4049Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 4028Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4774 NED01Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3967Elliptical15 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).