NGC 4564
NGC 4564
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
53 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 53 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4564 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 4638Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartIC 3499Lenticular1.5 million ly
apartVirgo AElliptical1.7 million ly
apartIC 3583Irregular1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4620Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartIC 3684Elliptical1.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3499Lenticular1.5 million ly
apartVirgo AElliptical1.7 million ly
apartIC 3583Irregular1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4620Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartIC 3684Elliptical1.9 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).