IC 4562
IC 4562
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
264 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 264 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4562 as it looked roughly 264 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 4567Spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 4566Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 4565Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5934Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5943Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5945Spiral9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4566Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 4565Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5934Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 5943Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 5945Spiral9.7 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).