IC 4321
IC 4321
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
229 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 229 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4321 as it looked roughly 229 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 4324Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 4319Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5357Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5330Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 4290Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5328Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4319Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 5357Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5330Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 4290Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5328Elliptical13 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).