IC 4263
IC 4263
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
125 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 125 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4263 as it looked roughly 125 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 5173Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5198Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5169Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5297Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5290Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5320Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5198Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5169Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5297Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5290Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5320Spiral15 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).