NGC 4496A
NGC 4496A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4496A as it looked roughly 81 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 4409Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4533Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4324Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4536Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4570Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4260Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4533Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4324Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4536Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4570Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4260Barred spiral6.0 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).