NGC 4464
NGC 4464
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
17k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4464 as it looked roughly 59 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 4411BSpiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 4411Spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 4366Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartIC 3267Spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 4316Spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 3468Elliptical2.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4411Spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 4366Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartIC 3267Spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 4316Spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 3468Elliptical2.7 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).