NGC 4574
NGC 4574
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4574 as it looked roughly 139 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 3370Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 4373ALenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4553Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4575Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4767Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4650ALenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4373ALenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4553Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4575Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4767Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4650ALenticular13 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).