NGC 4675
NGC 4675
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
223 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 223 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4675 as it looked roughly 223 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 4669Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4695Spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 830Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4644Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4646Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4686Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4695Spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 830Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4644Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4646Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4686Spiral11 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).