IC 4302
IC 4302
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
350 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
138k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 350 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4302 as it looked roughly 350 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 4304Spiral700,000 ly
apartIC 4306Spiral1.7 million ly
apartIC 4305Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5228Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5223Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5157Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4306Spiral1.7 million ly
apartIC 4305Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5228Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5223Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5157Spiral16 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).