IC 4259
IC 4259
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
663 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
191k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 663 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4259 as it looked roughly 663 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 4294Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4252Elliptical45 million ly
apartIC 4265Spiral62 million ly
apartIC 4273Lenticular66 million ly
apartIC 4279Barred spiral92 million ly
apartIC 4281Spiral99 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4252Elliptical45 million ly
apartIC 4265Spiral62 million ly
apartIC 4273Lenticular66 million ly
apartIC 4279Barred spiral92 million ly
apartIC 4281Spiral99 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).