NGC 4637
NGC 4637
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
71 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
27k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 71 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4637 as it looked roughly 71 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
IC 3635Spiral2.7 million ly
apartIC 3470Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartIC 3506Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartIC 3693Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4486BElliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 3701Elliptical4.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3470Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartIC 3506Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartIC 3693Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4486BElliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 3701Elliptical4.9 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).