NGC 4462
NGC 4462
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
85 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 85 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4462 as it looked roughly 85 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 2995Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4027AIrregular12 million ly
apartNGC 3981Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4105Elliptical13 million ly
apartAntennae GalaxiesBarred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3005Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4027AIrregular12 million ly
apartNGC 3981Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4105Elliptical13 million ly
apartAntennae GalaxiesBarred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3005Barred spiral13 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).