NGC 4540
NGC 4540
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
58 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 58 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4540 as it looked roughly 58 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 3612Lenticular1.3 million ly
apartNGC 4539Spiral2.7 million ly
apartIC 3530Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 3344Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4350Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4459Lenticular3.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4539Spiral2.7 million ly
apartIC 3530Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 3344Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4350Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4459Lenticular3.1 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).