NGC 4561
NGC 4561
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
63 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
24k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 63 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4561 as it looked roughly 63 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 3605Spiral750,000 ly
apartIC 3448Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 3419Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4539Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4377Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4498Spiral6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3448Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 3419Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4539Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4377Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4498Spiral6.4 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).