IC 4571
IC 4571
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
229 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 229 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4571 as it looked roughly 229 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 4541Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 6183Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4578Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 4484Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 4644Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 6328Spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6183Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 4578Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 4484Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 4644Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 6328Spiral45 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).