IC 4520
IC 4520
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
430 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 430 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4520 as it looked roughly 430 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 4505Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 4506Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 4496Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 4519Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 4515Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 4535Barred spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4506Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 4496Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 4519Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 4515Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 4535Barred spiral36 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).