IC 4294
IC 4294
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
675 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
182k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 675 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4294 as it looked roughly 675 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 4259Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4252Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 4265Spiral62 million ly
apartIC 4273Lenticular77 million ly
apartIC 4279Barred spiral99 million ly
apartIC 4281Spiral110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4252Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 4265Spiral62 million ly
apartIC 4273Lenticular77 million ly
apartIC 4279Barred spiral99 million ly
apartIC 4281Spiral110 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).