IC 4305
IC 4305
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
342 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 342 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4305 as it looked roughly 342 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 4306Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 4304Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 4302Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5223Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 4301Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5157Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4304Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 4302Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5223Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 4301Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5157Spiral14 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).