IC 4434
IC 4434
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
739 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
138k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 739 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4434 as it looked roughly 739 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 4433Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 4440Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 4419Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4438Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4417Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 4426Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4440Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 4419Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 4438Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4417Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 4426Elliptical21 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).