IC 4152
IC 4152
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
741 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
162k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 741 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4152 as it looked roughly 741 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 3922Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 3893Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3890Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 3904Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 4145Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 3751Spiral47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3893Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3890Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 3904Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 4145Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 3751Spiral47 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).