The type of galaxy seems uncertain. The overall shape is that of an elliptical galaxy, but the color and structure appear to be that of an irregular or dwarf spiral seen nearly face-on. Based on a recessional velocity of 4220 km/sec, about 190 million light years away. Given that and an apparent size of 0.55 by 0.45 arcmin, about 30 thousand light years in diameter.

IC 4526 and NGC 5829 are listed as Arp 42, an example of a spiral galaxy with a faint companion; however, IC 4526 is over 300 million light years farther away, so they are only an "optical double". Based on a recessional velocity of 13685 km/sec, a straightforward calculation indicates that IC 4526 is about 635 million light years away. However, for such distant objects, we need to take into account the expansion of the Universe during the time it took their light to reach us. Doing that shows that the galaxy was about 605 million light years away when the light by which we see it was emitted, about 620 million years ago (the difference between the two numbers being due to the expansion of the intervening space during the light-travel time). Given that and its apparent size of 0.6 by 0.45 arcmin, IC 4526 is about 100 thousand light years across.