IC 4334
IC 4334
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
541 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 541 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4334 as it looked roughly 541 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 5277Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 5282Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 5271Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5280Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 5251Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 4348Elliptical51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5282Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 5271Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5280Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 5251Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 4348Elliptical51 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).