NGC 4614
NGC 4614
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
223 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 223 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4614 as it looked roughly 223 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 4615Spiral1.8 million ly
apartIC 3632Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartIC 3651Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4613Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 3600Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4738Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3632Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartIC 3651Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4613Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 3600Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4738Spiral14 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).