NGC 4324
NGC 4324
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
78 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 78 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4324 as it looked roughly 78 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
IC 3131Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4496ASpiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4303Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4409Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 3591Irregular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4260Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4496ASpiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4303Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4409Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 3591Irregular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4260Barred spiral5.9 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).