IC 4559
IC 4559
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
482 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 482 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4559 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 4556Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartIC 4561Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 4558Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4554Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4572Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 4547Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4561Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 4558Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4554Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 4572Barred spiral31 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).