NGC 4484
NGC 4484
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4484 as it looked roughly 236 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 4524Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4225Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4403Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4201Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 4404Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 4717Spiral28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4225Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4403Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4201Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 4404Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 4717Spiral28 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).