IC 4111
IC 4111
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
362 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 362 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4111 as it looked roughly 362 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
NGC 4927Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartIC 4033Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4926Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartIC 4040Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 3955Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4853Elliptical7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4033Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4926Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartIC 4040Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 3955Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4853Elliptical7.5 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).