IC 4417
IC 4417
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
747 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
241k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 747 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4417 as it looked roughly 747 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 4419Spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 4410Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4438Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4433Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4440Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 4434Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4410Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4438Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4433Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4440Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 4434Elliptical16 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).