IC 4328
IC 4328
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4328 as it looked roughly 196 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
NGC 5298Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 5291Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 5292Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4272Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4275Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5220Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5291Elliptical9.1 million ly
apartNGC 5292Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4272Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4275Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5220Spiral15 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).