NGC 4524
NGC 4524
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
224 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 224 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4524 as it looked roughly 224 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 4484Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4717Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 785Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4760Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 786Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 4716Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4717Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 785Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4760Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 786Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 4716Lenticular22 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).