NGC 4670
NGC 4670
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
51 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
14k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 51 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4670 as it looked roughly 51 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 4747Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4283Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4251Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4525Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 3571Irregular5.7 million ly
apartIC 3215Spiral5.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4283Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4251Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4525Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 3571Irregular5.7 million ly
apartIC 3215Spiral5.8 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).