NGC 4450
NGC 4450
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
90 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
143k ly
across
10.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 90 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4450 as it looked roughly 90 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
NGC 4323Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 3478Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4461Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4425Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartIC 3637Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4305Spiral7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3478Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4461Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4425Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartIC 3637Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4305Spiral7.2 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).