NGC 4480
NGC 4480
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
113 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 113 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4480 as it looked roughly 113 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 4543Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartIC 782Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4577Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 3225Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4259Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4412Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 782Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4577Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 3225Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4259Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4412Barred spiral6.6 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).