IC 4122
IC 4122
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
891 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
218k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 891 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4122 as it looked roughly 891 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 4175Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 4163Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4162Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4130Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4128Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4139Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4163Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4162Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4130Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4128Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4139Elliptical18 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).