IC 4440
IC 4440
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
741 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
166k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 741 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4440 as it looked roughly 741 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 4438Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 4417Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4434Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4433Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4419Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4410Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4417Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4434Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4433Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4419Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4410Barred spiral21 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).