IC 4416
IC 4416
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
753 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
201k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 753 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4416 as it looked roughly 753 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 4477Barred spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 5319Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 4331Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 4485Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 4479Spiral130 million ly
apartIC 4356Lenticular130 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5319Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 4331Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 4485Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 4479Spiral130 million ly
apartIC 4356Lenticular130 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).