IC 4327
IC 4327
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
253 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 253 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4327 as it looked roughly 253 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 spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4321Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5357Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 4315Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 5330Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 4352Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4321Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5357Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 4315Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 5330Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 4352Spiral27 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).