IC 4556
IC 4556
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
484 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
165k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 484 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4556 as it looked roughly 484 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 4559Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartIC 4561Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 4558Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4554Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4572Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 4547Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4561Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 4558Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 4554Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 4572Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 4547Elliptical33 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).