NGC 4648
NGC 4648
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
69 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 69 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4648 as it looked roughly 69 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 4363Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4331Irregular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4319Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4750Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4133Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3879Spiral8.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4331Irregular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4319Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4750Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4133Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3879Spiral8.8 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).