IC 4374
IC 4374
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
304 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
159k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 304 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4374 as it looked roughly 304 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 5495Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4350Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 5393Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4320Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 5626Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 5260Spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4350Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 5393Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4320Lenticular30 million ly
apartNGC 5626Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 5260Spiral37 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).