IC 4567
IC 4567
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
267 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 267 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4567 as it looked roughly 267 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 4562Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartIC 4565Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5943Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 4566Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5934Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5947Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4565Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5943Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 4566Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5934Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5947Barred spiral11 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).