IC 4202
IC 4202
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
332 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
168k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 332 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4202 as it looked roughly 332 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 854Spiral2.4 million ly
apartIC 4149Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4859Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 837Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4957Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 841Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4149Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4859Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 837Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4957Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 841Barred 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).