IC 4329
IC 4329
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
211 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
292k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 211 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4329 as it looked roughly 211 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 4326Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 5292Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5291Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5298Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 4319Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 4295Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5292Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5291Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 5298Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 4319Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 4295Barred spiral11 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).