NGC 4522
NGC 4522
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
108 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 108 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4522 as it looked roughly 108 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 4578Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4470Spiral4.0 million ly
apartButterfly GalaxiesBarred spiral4.3 million ly
apartButterfly GalaxiesBarred spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 3732Irregular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4607Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4470Spiral4.0 million ly
apartButterfly GalaxiesBarred spiral4.3 million ly
apartButterfly GalaxiesBarred spiral5.4 million ly
apartIC 3732Irregular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4607Barred spiral6.3 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).