IC 4526
IC 4526
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
636 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
16.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 636 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4526 as it looked roughly 636 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 4532Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 1061Elliptical62 million ly
apartIC 1062Lenticular64 million ly
apartIC 4507Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 1051Elliptical69 million ly
apartNGC 5910 NED03Elliptical71 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1061Elliptical62 million ly
apartIC 1062Lenticular64 million ly
apartIC 4507Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 1051Elliptical69 million ly
apartNGC 5910 NED03Elliptical71 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).