NGC 4599
NGC 4599
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
87 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 87 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4599 as it looked roughly 87 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 4581Elliptical1.3 million ly
apartNGC 4536Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4533Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4632Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4496ASpiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4409Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4536Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4533Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4632Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4496ASpiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4409Barred spiral8.5 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).