IC 4299
IC 4299
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
188 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 188 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4299 as it looked roughly 188 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 5215BLenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 5220Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5215ALenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5140Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 4296Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5193Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5220Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 5215ALenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5140Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 4296Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5193Elliptical15 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).