NGC 4588
NGC 4588
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4588 as it looked roughly 261 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 4576Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3136Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 773Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 4307ASpiral24 million ly
apartIC 3156Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 3175Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3136Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 773Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 4307ASpiral24 million ly
apartIC 3156Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 3175Barred spiral29 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).