IC 4304
IC 4304
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
349 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 349 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4304 as it looked roughly 349 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 4302Spiral700,000 ly
apartIC 4306Spiral1.1 million ly
apartIC 4305Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5228Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5223Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 5157Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4306Spiral1.1 million ly
apartIC 4305Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5228Elliptical14 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).