IC 4505
IC 4505
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
429 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 429 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4505 as it looked roughly 429 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 4520Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 4496Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 4506Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 4459Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 4460Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 4519Lenticular33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4496Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 4506Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 4459Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 4460Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 4519Lenticular33 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).