NGC 4639
NGC 4639
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
51 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 51 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4639 as it looked roughly 51 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 3775Spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4660Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartIC 3583Irregular2.0 million ly
apartNGC 4620Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartIC 3727Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4654Spiral2.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4660Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartIC 3583Irregular2.0 million ly
apartNGC 4620Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartIC 3727Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4654Spiral2.2 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).