NGC 4580
NGC 4580
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
48 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
26k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 48 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4580 as it looked roughly 48 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 3576Spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 4698Spiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 3218Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4434Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4343Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4309Lenticular3.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4698Spiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 3218Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4434Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4343Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4309Lenticular3.8 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).