IC 4235
IC 4235
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
252 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 252 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4235 as it looked roughly 252 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 5110Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5130Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 890Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 4836Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 4838Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 865Spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5130Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 890Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 4836Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 4838Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 865Spiral32 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).