IC 4232
IC 4232
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
441 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
153k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 441 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4232 as it looked roughly 441 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 4276Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4261Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 4255Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 4286Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 4253Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 4292Barred spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4261Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 4255Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 4286Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 4253Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 4292Barred spiral37 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).