IC 4130
IC 4130
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
887 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
310k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 887 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4130 as it looked roughly 887 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 4139Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartIC 4095Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4122Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 4148Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4175Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4128Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4095Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4122Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 4148Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4175Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4128Barred spiral20 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).