NGC 4497
NGC 4497
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
49 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 49 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4497 as it looked roughly 49 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 3356Irregular1.2 million ly
apartIC 3465Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartIC 3328Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartIC 3461Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4390Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4649Elliptical2.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3465Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartIC 3328Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartIC 3461Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4390Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4649Elliptical2.8 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).