IC 4355
IC 4355
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
374 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 374 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4355 as it looked roughly 374 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 4322Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 4371Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 5421 NED02Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 5421 NED01Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 909Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 4317Spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4371Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 5421 NED02Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 5421 NED01Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 909Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 4317Spiral38 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).