IC 4523
IC 4523
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4523 as it looked roughly 225 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 4518ASpiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 4518BSpiral10 million ly
apartIC 4527Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4445Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 4464Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 5516Elliptical41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4518BSpiral10 million ly
apartIC 4527Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4445Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 4464Lenticular38 million ly
apartNGC 5516Elliptical41 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).