IC 464
IC 464
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
229 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 229 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 464 as it looked roughly 229 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
NGC 2330Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 459Galaxy34 million ly
apartNGC 2429ALenticular34 million ly
apartIC 471Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 461Galaxy37 million ly
apartNGC 2474Elliptical38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 459Galaxy34 million ly
apartNGC 2429ALenticular34 million ly
apartIC 471Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 461Galaxy37 million ly
apartNGC 2474Elliptical38 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).