IC 4309
IC 4309
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
561 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 561 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4309 as it looked roughly 561 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 4281Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 4279Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 4243Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 4330Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 4273Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 4262Barred spiral71 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4279Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 4243Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 4330Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 4273Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 4262Barred spiral71 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).