IC 4445
IC 4445
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
196 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 196 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4445 as it looked roughly 196 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 4359Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 5516Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 4518BSpiral28 million ly
apartIC 4367Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 4464Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 4451Elliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5516Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 4518BSpiral28 million ly
apartIC 4367Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 4464Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 4451Elliptical34 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).