NGC 4504
NGC 4504
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
46 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 46 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4504 as it looked roughly 46 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 4487Spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 4597Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4546Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4802Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4592Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4629Spiral7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4597Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4546Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4802Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4592Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4629Spiral7.9 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).