NGC 4556
NGC 4556
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
352 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
134k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 352 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4556 as it looked roughly 352 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 4559ASpiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 3556Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartIC 3585Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartIC 3598Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4559BBarred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4563Elliptical10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3556Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartIC 3585Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartIC 3598Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4559BBarred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4563Elliptical10 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).