IC 4166
IC 4166
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
507 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
149k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 507 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4166 as it looked roughly 507 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
NGC 5098 NED02Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 5098 NED01Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 861Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 3940Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 4188Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 4201Elliptical49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5098 NED01Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 861Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 3940Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 4188Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 4201Elliptical49 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).