NGC 4682
NGC 4682
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
109 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 109 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4682 as it looked roughly 109 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 4658Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4663Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4680Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4604Irregular10 million ly
apartIC 4177Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4593Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4663Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4680Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4604Irregular10 million ly
apartIC 4177Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4593Barred spiral12 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).