NGC 4529
NGC 4529
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
118 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 118 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4529 as it looked roughly 118 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
IC 3740Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 3298Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4158Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3365Irregular12 million ly
apartIC 800Spiral13 million ly
apartComa PinwheelSpiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3298Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4158Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3365Irregular12 million ly
apartIC 800Spiral13 million ly
apartComa PinwheelSpiral15 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).