NGC 4459
NGC 4459
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
56 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
10.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 56 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4459 as it looked roughly 56 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 3344Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4551Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartIC 3331Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartVirgo AElliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4540Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4298Spiral3.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4551Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartIC 3331Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartVirgo AElliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4540Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4298Spiral3.2 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).