IC 4583
IC 4583
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
292 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 292 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4583 as it looked roughly 292 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 4576Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 6016Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5991Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 4575Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1138Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 4579Elliptical35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6016Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 5991Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 4575Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1138Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 4579Elliptical35 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).