IC 4669
IC 4669
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
407 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 407 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4669 as it looked roughly 407 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 6488Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartNGC 6435Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6512Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6418Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6394Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6489Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6435Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 6512Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 6418Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6394Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 6489Elliptical22 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).