NGC 4646
NGC 4646
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4646 as it looked roughly 214 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 4511Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4675Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4669Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 830Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4695Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4644Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4675Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4669Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 830Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4695Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4644Barred spiral16 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).