IC 4323
IC 4323
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
115 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 115 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4323 as it looked roughly 115 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 4303Spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 4310Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartIC 4254Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4351Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5161Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 874Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4310Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartIC 4254Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4351Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5161Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 874Lenticular14 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).