IC 4348
IC 4348
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
514 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
169k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 514 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4348 as it looked roughly 514 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 5508Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 5251Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 4307Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 4384Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 4395Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 4399Barred spiral47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5251Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 4307Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 4384Lenticular44 million ly
apartIC 4395Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 4399Barred spiral47 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).