IC 4154
IC 4154
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
438 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 438 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4154 as it looked roughly 438 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 4081Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 3998Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 4047Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 4858Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 862Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 846Elliptical44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3998Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 4047Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 4858Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 862Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 846Elliptical44 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).