IC 4506
IC 4506
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
412 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 412 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4506 as it looked roughly 412 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 4496Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartIC 4505Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 4520Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4459Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4460Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5646Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4505Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 4520Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4459Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 4460Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 5646Barred spiral31 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).