IC 4380
IC 4380
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
367 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 367 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4380 as it looked roughly 367 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 5497Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5515Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5541Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5527Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 990Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5352Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5515Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5541Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5527Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 990Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 5352Elliptical23 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).