NGC 4470
NGC 4470
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
110 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 110 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4470 as it looked roughly 110 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 4522Spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 3225Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4543Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4578Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4270Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartIC 782Lenticular6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3225Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4543Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4578Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4270Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartIC 782Lenticular6.6 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).