IC 4272
IC 4272
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
194 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 194 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4272 as it looked roughly 194 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 4248Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 5135Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5124Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5153Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 4275Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5150Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5135Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 5124Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 5153Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 4275Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5150Barred spiral10 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).