IC 4243
IC 4243
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
558 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 558 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4243 as it looked roughly 558 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 4281Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4279Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4309Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 4273Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 4330Barred spiral52 million ly
apartIC 4262Barred spiral67 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4279Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4309Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 4273Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 4330Barred spiral52 million ly
apartIC 4262Barred spiral67 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).