IC 4530
IC 4530
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
435 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 435 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4530 as it looked roughly 435 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 4521Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 4524Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4525Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4514Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4498Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 4512Spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4524Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 4525Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 4514Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4498Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 4512Spiral33 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).