NGC 4568
NGC 4568
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
104 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
10.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 104 million ly from home, you are seeing Butterfly Galaxies as it looked roughly 104 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
Butterfly GalaxiesBarred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4607Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4578Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 3732Irregular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4522Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4501Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4607Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4578Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 3732Irregular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4522Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4501Barred spiral6.6 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).