NGC 4456
NGC 4456
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
286 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 286 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4456 as it looked roughly 286 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 4905Lenticular55 million ly
apartNGC 4219ABarred spiral67 million ly
apartNGC 4903Spiral71 million ly
apartNGC 3969Lenticular73 million ly
apartIC 3927Elliptical74 million ly
apartNGC 4953Lenticular75 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4219ABarred spiral67 million ly
apartNGC 4903Spiral71 million ly
apartNGC 3969Lenticular73 million ly
apartIC 3927Elliptical74 million ly
apartNGC 4953Lenticular75 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).