NGC 4428
NGC 4428
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
138 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 138 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4428 as it looked roughly 138 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 4433Spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4628Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4671Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 804Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4626Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4690Elliptical21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4628Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4671Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 804Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4626Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4690Elliptical21 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).