NGC 4535
NGC 4535
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
91 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
216k ly
across
9.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 91 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4535 as it looked roughly 91 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 4598Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartIC 3633Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4596Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4612Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4532Irregular5.6 million ly
apartIC 3719Irregular5.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3633Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4596Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4612Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4532Irregular5.6 million ly
apartIC 3719Irregular5.7 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).