IC 4401
IC 4401
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
143k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4401 as it looked roughly 327 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 997 NED01Spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 998Galaxy5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5618Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 980Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 968 NED01Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 5478Barred spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 998Galaxy5.7 million ly
apartNGC 5618Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 980Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 968 NED01Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 5478Barred spiral32 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).