IC 4388
IC 4388
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
190 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 190 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4388 as it looked roughly 190 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 5419Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 4378Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5397Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5592Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4451Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 5488Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4378Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5397Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 5592Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4451Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 5488Spiral21 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).