IC 4165
IC 4165
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
383 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
17.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 383 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4165 as it looked roughly 383 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 4168Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartIC 4193Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 4100Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4985Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 4094Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 3920Elliptical20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4193Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 4100Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4985Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 4094Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 3920Elliptical20 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).