IC 4249
IC 4249
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
88 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 88 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4249 as it looked roughly 88 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 5101Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartIC 879Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5061Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5085Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5087Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5078Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 879Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 5061Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5085Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 5087Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5078Spiral12 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).