IC 4590
IC 4590
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
701 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 701 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4590 as it looked roughly 701 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 4588Elliptical71 million ly
apartNGC 6148Barred spiral76 million ly
apartIC 4587Elliptical85 million ly
apartIC 1142Barred spiral140 million ly
apartIC 1162Spiral150 million ly
apartIC 1134Lenticular150 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6148Barred spiral76 million ly
apartIC 4587Elliptical85 million ly
apartIC 1142Barred spiral140 million ly
apartIC 1162Spiral150 million ly
apartIC 1134Lenticular150 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).