IC 4464
IC 4464
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
204 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 204 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4464 as it looked roughly 204 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 4451Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 4378Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 5843Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5488Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4367Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4388Barred spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4378Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 5843Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5488Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4367Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4388Barred spiral27 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).