IC 4160
IC 4160
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
859 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
16.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 859 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4160 as it looked roughly 859 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 4137Spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 4170 NED01Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 4128Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 4163Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 4175Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 4122Lenticular53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4170 NED01Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 4128Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 4163Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 4175Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 4122Lenticular53 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).