NGC 4617
NGC 4617
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
217 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
177k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 217 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4617 as it looked roughly 217 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 4646Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 4987Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 830Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4675Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4669Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4695Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4987Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 830Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4675Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4669Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4695Spiral20 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).