IC 4566
IC 4566
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
259 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 259 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4566 as it looked roughly 259 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 4562Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 5945Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5934Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 4567Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5943Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 4565Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5945Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 5934Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 4567Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 5943Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 4565Spiral12 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).