IC 4201
IC 4201
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
534 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 534 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4201 as it looked roughly 534 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 4187Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartIC 4188Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 861Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 3940Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 4118Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 4103Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4188Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 861Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 3940Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 4118Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 4103Barred spiral29 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).