IC 4340
IC 4340
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
348 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 348 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4340 as it looked roughly 348 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 5352Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 5497Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4380Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5515Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5223Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 5228Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5497Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4380Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5515Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5223Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 5228Elliptical31 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).