IC 4352
IC 4352
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
235 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 235 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4352 as it looked roughly 235 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 5357Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 4366Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4324Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4321Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5330Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 4327Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4366Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4324Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4321Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5330Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 4327Spiral27 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).