NGC 4628
NGC 4628
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
133 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 133 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4628 as it looked roughly 133 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 4626Barred spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4671Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartIC 804Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4428Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4433Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4690Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4671Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartIC 804Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4428Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4433Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4690Elliptical13 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).