IC 4527
IC 4527
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
244 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 244 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4527 as it looked roughly 244 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 4518ASpiral14 million ly
apartIC 4523Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4518BSpiral28 million ly
apartIC 4464Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 5516Elliptical54 million ly
apartIC 4445Spiral54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4523Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4518BSpiral28 million ly
apartIC 4464Lenticular49 million ly
apartNGC 5516Elliptical54 million ly
apartIC 4445Spiral54 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).