IC 4546
IC 4546
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
482 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 482 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4546 as it looked roughly 482 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 4547Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartIC 4572Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 4556Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 4559Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 4561Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 4558Barred spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4572Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 4556Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 4559Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 4561Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 4558Barred spiral35 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).