IC 4103
IC 4103
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
516 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 516 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4103 as it looked roughly 516 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 4108Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartIC 4127Spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 4118Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4893Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4004Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4065Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4127Spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 4118Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4893Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4004Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4065Barred spiral16 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).