IC 4531
IC 4531
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
734 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
197k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 734 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4531 as it looked roughly 734 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 4532Elliptical79 million ly
apartIC 4526Spiral99 million ly
apartIC 4467Spiral110 million ly
apartIC 4466Lenticular120 million ly
apartNGC 5778Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 4494Lenticular120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4526Spiral99 million ly
apartIC 4467Spiral110 million ly
apartIC 4466Lenticular120 million ly
apartNGC 5778Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 4494Lenticular120 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).