IC 4435
IC 4435
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
452 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 452 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4435 as it looked roughly 452 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 4413Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartIC 4446Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4502Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5755Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 4515Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 4519Lenticular46 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4446Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 4502Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 5755Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 4515Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 4519Lenticular46 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).