IC 4398
IC 4398
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
591 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 591 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4398 as it looked roughly 591 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 4479Spiral64 million ly
apartIC 4485Barred spiral72 million ly
apartNGC 5508Lenticular74 million ly
apartNGC 5441Barred spiral74 million ly
apartNGC 5594Elliptical76 million ly
apartIC 4334Elliptical79 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4485Barred spiral72 million ly
apartNGC 5508Lenticular74 million ly
apartNGC 5441Barred spiral74 million ly
apartNGC 5594Elliptical76 million ly
apartIC 4334Elliptical79 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).