NGC 4544
NGC 4544
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
53 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 53 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4544 as it looked roughly 53 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 4517Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4423Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4376Irregular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4771Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4629Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4592Spiral4.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4423Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4376Irregular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4771Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4629Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4592Spiral4.8 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).