IC 4220
IC 4220
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
298 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 298 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4220 as it looked roughly 298 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 5028Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 5094Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5047Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5146Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 4862Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5070Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5094Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5047Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 5146Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 4862Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5070Elliptical24 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).