NGC 4669
NGC 4669
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4669 as it looked roughly 225 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 4675Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4695Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4644Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 830Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4686Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4646Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4695Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4644Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 830Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4686Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4646Elliptical11 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).