IC 4253
IC 4253
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
475 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
195k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 475 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4253 as it looked roughly 475 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 4255Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartIC 4260Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 4261Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartIC 4286Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4262Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4289Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4260Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 4261Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartIC 4286Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4262Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4289Elliptical19 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).