IC 4552
IC 4552
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
319 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 319 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4552 as it looked roughly 319 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 1118Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 1092Lenticular53 million ly
apartNGC 5926Barred spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 6037Lenticular58 million ly
apartNGC 6080 NED02Lenticular61 million ly
apartNGC 5852Lenticular63 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1092Lenticular53 million ly
apartNGC 5926Barred spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 6037Lenticular58 million ly
apartNGC 6080 NED02Lenticular61 million ly
apartNGC 5852Lenticular63 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).