IC 4141
IC 4141
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
927 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
178k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 927 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4141 as it looked roughly 927 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 4058Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4125Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 3950Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3951Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 4113Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4095Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4125Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 3950Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3951Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 4113Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4095Barred spiral27 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).