NGC 4570
NGC 4570
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4570 as it looked roughly 81 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 4492Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4623Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 3591Irregular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4496ASpiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4608Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4612Lenticular5.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4623Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 3591Irregular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4496ASpiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4608Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4612Lenticular5.8 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).