NGC 4481
NGC 4481
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
109 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 109 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4481 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 4513Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4121Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4108ABarred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4512Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4128Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 4256Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4121Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4108ABarred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4512Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4128Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 4256Barred spiral10 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).