NGC 4565C
NGC 4565C
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
296 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 296 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4565C as it looked roughly 296 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 3536Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4565BBarred spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 3641Galaxy5.8 million ly
apartIC 3599Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 3498Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 3618Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4565BBarred spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 3641Galaxy5.8 million ly
apartIC 3599Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 3498Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 3618Lenticular11 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).