IC 4175
IC 4175
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
889 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
16.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 889 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4175 as it looked roughly 889 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 4163Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 4122Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartIC 4162Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4128Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4130Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 4164Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4122Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartIC 4162Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4128Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4130Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 4164Barred spiral20 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).