IC 4522
IC 4522
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
134 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 134 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4522 as it looked roughly 134 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
NGC 5967Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 5967ASpiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5612Spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 4555Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5833Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5799Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5967ASpiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5612Spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 4555Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5833Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 5799Lenticular13 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).