IC 4507
IC 4507
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
625 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 625 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4507 as it looked roughly 625 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 1051Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 1061Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 1062Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 4516Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 4466Lenticular60 million ly
apartNGC 5748Barred spiral64 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1061Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 1062Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 4516Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 4466Lenticular60 million ly
apartNGC 5748Barred spiral64 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).