NGC 4555
NGC 4555
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
310 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 310 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4555 as it looked roughly 310 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 3590Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 3618Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 3644Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 3498Spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 3646Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 3439Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3618Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartIC 3644Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 3498Spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 3646Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 3439Barred spiral7.8 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).