IC 4459
IC 4459
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
412 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 412 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4459 as it looked roughly 412 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 4460Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 4422Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4450Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4496Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 4408Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4506Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4422Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4450Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4496Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 4408Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4506Lenticular25 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).