IC 4276
IC 4276
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
427 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
164k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 427 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4276 as it looked roughly 427 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 4292Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4318Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4232Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5108Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 4261Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 4286Barred spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4318Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4232Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5108Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 4261Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 4286Barred spiral45 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).