NGC 4558
NGC 4558
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
367 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 367 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4558 as it looked roughly 367 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 3561Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartIC 3508Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 3614Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4559BBarred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3640Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 3598Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3508Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 3614Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4559BBarred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3640Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 3598Spiral13 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).