IC 472
IC 472
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 472 as it looked roughly 263 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 471Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 2429ALenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2426Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2431Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2475Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2474Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2429ALenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2426Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2431Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2475Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2474Elliptical23 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).