NGC 4650
NGC 4650
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
133 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 133 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4650 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 4650ALenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4696Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4767ASpiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4603DSpiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4743Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4575Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4696Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4767ASpiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4603DSpiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4743Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4575Barred spiral6.6 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).