NGC 4565B
NGC 4565B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
299 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 299 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4565B as it looked roughly 299 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 4565CSpiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 3536Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 3498Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 3641Galaxy7.1 million ly
apartIC 3618Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartIC 3646Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3536Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 3498Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 3641Galaxy7.1 million ly
apartIC 3618Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartIC 3646Barred spiral8.9 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).