IC 4162
IC 4162
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
903 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
17.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 903 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4162 as it looked roughly 903 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 4164Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 4163Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 4113Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4122Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4175Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4095Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4163Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 4113Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4122Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4175Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4095Barred spiral25 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).