IC 4223
IC 4223
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
693 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 693 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4223 as it looked roughly 693 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 5059Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 889Elliptical70 million ly
apartNGC 5071Lenticular73 million ly
apartNGC 5186Barred spiral90 million ly
apartIC 3709Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 898Lenticular110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 889Elliptical70 million ly
apartNGC 5071Lenticular73 million ly
apartNGC 5186Barred spiral90 million ly
apartIC 3709Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 898Lenticular110 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).