IC 4275
IC 4275
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
204 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 204 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4275 as it looked roughly 204 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 5152Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 5153Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartIC 4251Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 5182Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 4295Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 4272Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5153Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartIC 4251Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 5182Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 4295Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 4272Barred spiral9.2 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).