IC 4452
IC 4452
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
199 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 199 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4452 as it looked roughly 199 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 5635Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 1020Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5641Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 4442Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 1017Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 5642Elliptical9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1020Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5641Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 4442Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 1017Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 5642Elliptical9.9 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).