IC 4577
IC 4577
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
329 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 329 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4577 as it looked roughly 329 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 4579Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartIC 4573Spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 4575Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5991Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 4576Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 1138Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4573Spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 4575Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 5991Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 4576Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 1138Lenticular17 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).