IC 4255
IC 4255
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
476 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
185k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 476 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4255 as it looked roughly 476 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 4253Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 4261Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartIC 4260Spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 4286Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4289Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 4288Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4261Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartIC 4260Spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 4286Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4289Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 4288Barred spiral18 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).