NGC 4601
NGC 4601
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
160 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 160 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4601 as it looked roughly 160 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 4672Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4744Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4729Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4507Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4683Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4767BBarred spiral8.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4744Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4729Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4507Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4683Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4767BBarred spiral8.4 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).