IC 4460
IC 4460
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
416 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 416 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4460 as it looked roughly 416 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 4459Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 4422Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 4450Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4408Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1008 NED02Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1008 NED01Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4422Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 4450Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4408Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1008 NED02Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 1008 NED01Barred spiral25 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).