IC 4367
IC 4367
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
192 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 192 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4367 as it looked roughly 192 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 5419Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 5397Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 4378Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 4359Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4451Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 4388Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5397Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 4378Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 4359Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4451Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 4388Barred spiral26 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).