IC 4306
IC 4306
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
348 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 348 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4306 as it looked roughly 348 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 4304Spiral1.1 million ly
apartIC 4302Spiral1.7 million ly
apartIC 4305Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5223Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5228Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5157Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4302Spiral1.7 million ly
apartIC 4305Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5223Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5228Elliptical14 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).