IC 4296
IC 4296
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
176 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
237k ly
across
10.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 176 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4296 as it looked roughly 176 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 5215ALenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 5193Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5140Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5215BLenticular11 million ly
apartIC 4299Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5193ALenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5193Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5140Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5215BLenticular11 million ly
apartIC 4299Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5193ALenticular12 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).