IC 4396
IC 4396
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
487 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 487 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4396 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 4384Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 4409Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4399Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 4395Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 4405Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 5685Elliptical36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4409Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4399Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 4395Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 4405Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 5685Elliptical36 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).