IC 4359
IC 4359
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
194 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 194 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4359 as it looked roughly 194 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 4445Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5516Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 4367Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4311Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4312Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 5090BBarred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5516Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 4367Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4311Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4312Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 5090BBarred spiral29 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).