IC 4295
IC 4295
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
209 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 209 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4295 as it looked roughly 209 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 5182Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 4275Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 4251Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5152Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 4326Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5291Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4275Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 4251Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 5152Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 4326Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5291Elliptical11 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).