IC 4324
IC 4324
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
237 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 237 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4324 as it looked roughly 237 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 4321Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5357Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5330Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 4290Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4327Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4319Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5357Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 5330Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 4290Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4327Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4319Barred spiral17 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).