IC 4462
IC 4462
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
431 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 431 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4462 as it looked roughly 431 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 4423Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4498Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 4427Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4425Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4450Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1008 NED01Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4498Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 4427Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4425Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 4450Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 1008 NED01Barred spiral24 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).