IC 4144
IC 4144
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
495 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
138k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 495 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4144 as it looked roughly 495 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 4115Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 4027Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4870Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4893AElliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4893Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 3956Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4027Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4870Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4893AElliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4893Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 3956Elliptical14 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).