IC 4264
IC 4264
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
163 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 163 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4264 as it looked roughly 163 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 5114Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5302Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5193ALenticular15 million ly
apartIC 4219Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4955Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5304Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5302Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5193ALenticular15 million ly
apartIC 4219Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4955Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 5304Elliptical18 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).