IC 4410
IC 4410
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
742 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
170k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 742 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4410 as it looked roughly 742 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 4417Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 4419Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4438Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4440Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 4434Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 4433Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4419Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4438Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4440Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 4434Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 4433Barred spiral24 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).