NGC 4454
NGC 4454
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
109 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 109 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4454 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 4604Irregular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4385Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4355Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4593Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4412Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4480Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4385Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4355Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4593Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4412Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4480Spiral13 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).