IC 4502
IC 4502
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
448 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 448 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4502 as it looked roughly 448 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 4515Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5755Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4519Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 4446Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4435Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 4413Elliptical35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5755Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4519Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 4446Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4435Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 4413Elliptical35 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).