IC 4146
IC 4146
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
821 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 821 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4146 as it looked roughly 821 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 4148Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 3867Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 4170 NED01Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 4128Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 4139Elliptical60 million ly
apartIC 4137Spiral61 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3867Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 4170 NED01Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 4128Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 4139Elliptical60 million ly
apartIC 4137Spiral61 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).