NGC 4671
NGC 4671
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
137 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 137 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4671 as it looked roughly 137 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 4628Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 804Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4626Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4428Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4433Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4890Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 804Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4626Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4428Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4433Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4890Spiral12 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).