IC 4436
IC 4436
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
454 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
158k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 454 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4436 as it looked roughly 454 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 4462Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4423Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1008 NED01Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5498Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 4382Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 4425Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4423Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1008 NED01Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 5498Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 4382Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 4425Barred spiral34 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).