IC 4357
IC 4357
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
204 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 204 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4357 as it looked roughly 204 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 5433Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 5512Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5318Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5312Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 4403Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5321Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5512Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 5318Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 5312Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 4403Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5321Lenticular15 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).