IC 4514
IC 4514
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
423 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
17.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 423 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4514 as it looked roughly 423 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 4512Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 4498Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 4530Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4462Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 4450Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 4460Spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4498Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 4530Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4462Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 4450Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 4460Spiral33 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).