IC 4349
IC 4349
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
432 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 432 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4349 as it looked roughly 432 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 4344Spiral1.7 million ly
apartIC 4345Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartIC 4346Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 933Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 4373Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 4343Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4345Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartIC 4346Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 933Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 4373Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 4343Elliptical25 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).