NGC 4607
NGC 4607
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
106 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 106 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4607 as it looked roughly 106 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
Butterfly GalaxiesBarred spiral2.4 million ly
apartButterfly GalaxiesBarred spiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 3732Irregular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4578Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4522Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4501Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartButterfly GalaxiesBarred spiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 3732Irregular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4578Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4522Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4501Barred spiral6.3 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).