IC 4310
IC 4310
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
113 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 113 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4310 as it looked roughly 113 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 4303Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 4323Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 4254Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 4231Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 874Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5161Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4323Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 4254Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 4231Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 874Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5161Spiral15 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).