IC 4095
IC 4095
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
901 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
202k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 901 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4095 as it looked roughly 901 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 4130Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4058Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3931Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4122Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 4139Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 3907Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4058Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3931Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4122Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 4139Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 3907Spiral23 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).