IC 4521
IC 4521
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
456 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 456 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4521 as it looked roughly 456 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 4524Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 4525Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 4530Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 4533Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4498Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 4514Spiral40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4525Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 4530Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 4533Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4498Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 4514Spiral40 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).