IC 4104
IC 4104
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
574 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 574 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4104 as it looked roughly 574 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 3820Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 3816Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 3772Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 3774Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 4123Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 4187Elliptical49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3816Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 3772Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 3774Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 4123Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 4187Elliptical49 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).