IC 4262
IC 4262
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
492 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
169k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 492 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4262 as it looked roughly 492 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 4288Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4289Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 4260Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4253Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4255Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 4261Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4289Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 4260Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4253Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4255Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 4261Lenticular21 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).