IC 4362
IC 4362
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
87 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 87 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4362 as it looked roughly 87 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 5483Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 4441Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 4402Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4390Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4988Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 4751Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4441Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 4402Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4390Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4988Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 4751Elliptical21 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).