IC 4475
IC 4475
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
428 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 428 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4475 as it looked roughly 428 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 4474Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 1052Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4462Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 5710Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 5711Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4498Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1052Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4462Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 5710Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 5711Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4498Elliptical26 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).