NGC 4512
NGC 4512
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
118 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 118 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4512 as it looked roughly 118 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 4256Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4545Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4441Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4108Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 4481Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4108BSpiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4545Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4441Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4108Spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 4481Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4108BSpiral9.1 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).