IC 4588
IC 4588
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
742 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 742 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4588 as it looked roughly 742 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
NGC 6148Barred spiral69 million ly
apartIC 4590Elliptical71 million ly
apartIC 1134Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 4587Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 1142Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 1162Spiral140 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4590Elliptical71 million ly
apartIC 1134Lenticular120 million ly
apartIC 4587Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 1142Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 1162Spiral140 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).