NGC 4537
NGC 4537
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
555 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
216k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 555 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4537 as it looked roughly 555 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 4834Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 4135Spiral82 million ly
apartNGC 4137Spiral83 million ly
apartNGC 4547Elliptical92 million ly
apartNGC 4652Barred spiral96 million ly
apartNGC 4732Elliptical97 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4135Spiral82 million ly
apartNGC 4137Spiral83 million ly
apartNGC 4547Elliptical92 million ly
apartNGC 4652Barred spiral96 million ly
apartNGC 4732Elliptical97 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).