NGC 4652
NGC 4652
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
603 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
193k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 603 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4652 as it looked roughly 603 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 4547Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4549Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 4537Lenticular96 million ly
apartNGC 4834Spiral100 million ly
apartNGC 5561Barred spiral130 million ly
apartNGC 4054 NED03Lenticular130 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4549Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 4537Lenticular96 million ly
apartNGC 4834Spiral100 million ly
apartNGC 5561Barred spiral130 million ly
apartNGC 4054 NED03Lenticular130 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).