NGC 4499
NGC 4499
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
167 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 167 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4499 as it looked roughly 167 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 4507Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4603ABarred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4601Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 4373Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4696CBarred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4683Elliptical9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4603ABarred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4601Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 4373Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4696CBarred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4683Elliptical9.7 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).