IC 4384
IC 4384
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
487 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
160k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 487 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4384 as it looked roughly 487 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 4396Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4399Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4395Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4405Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 4418Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 5594Elliptical40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4399Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4395Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4405Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 4418Elliptical39 million ly
apartNGC 5594Elliptical40 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).