IC 4215
IC 4215
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
182 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 182 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4215 as it looked roughly 182 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 860Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 856Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5172Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 4712Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5190Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 4865Elliptical36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 856Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5172Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 4712Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5190Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 4865Elliptical36 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).