NGC 4478
NGC 4478
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4478 as it looked roughly 66 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 3349Elliptical1,000,000 ly
apartIC 3510Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4503Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4528Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4313Spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 3192Elliptical3.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3510Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4503Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4528Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4313Spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 3192Elliptical3.0 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).