IC 4565
IC 4565
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
271 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 271 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4565 as it looked roughly 271 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 4567Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 5943Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartIC 4562Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5947Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 4564Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4566Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5943Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartIC 4562Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 5947Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 4564Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 4566Barred spiral12 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).