NGC 4549
NGC 4549
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
629 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 629 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4549 as it looked roughly 629 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 4652Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 4547Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 4537Lenticular110 million ly
apartNGC 4834Spiral130 million ly
apartNGC 4801Elliptical140 million ly
apartNGC 5561Barred spiral150 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4547Elliptical32 million ly
apartNGC 4537Lenticular110 million ly
apartNGC 4834Spiral130 million ly
apartNGC 4801Elliptical140 million ly
apartNGC 5561Barred spiral150 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).