IC 4532
IC 4532
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
656 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
164k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 656 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4532 as it looked roughly 656 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 4526Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 1061Elliptical74 million ly
apartIC 4507Barred spiral76 million ly
apartIC 1062Lenticular77 million ly
apartIC 4531Elliptical79 million ly
apartIC 1051Elliptical80 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1061Elliptical74 million ly
apartIC 4507Barred spiral76 million ly
apartIC 1062Lenticular77 million ly
apartIC 4531Elliptical79 million ly
apartIC 1051Elliptical80 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).