IC 4267
IC 4267
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
208 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 208 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4267 as it looked roughly 208 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 4293Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5182Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 4295Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4251Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5152Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4275Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5182Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 4295Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4251Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5152Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4275Barred spiral13 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).