IC 4430
IC 4430
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
137 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 137 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4430 as it looked roughly 137 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 4393Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 4391Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5464Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5494Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4351Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5786Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4391Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5464Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5494Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4351Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5786Barred spiral25 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).