NGC 4681
NGC 4681
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
153 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 153 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4681 as it looked roughly 153 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 4672Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4729Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4645ALenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4744Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4812Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4677Lenticular8.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4729Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4645ALenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4744Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4812Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4677Lenticular8.4 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).