NGC 4562
NGC 4562
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
63 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 63 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4562 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
NGC 4494Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartIC 3227Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNeedle GalaxyBarred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 3571Irregular7.0 million ly
apartIC 3605Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4561Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3227Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNeedle GalaxyBarred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 3571Irregular7.0 million ly
apartIC 3605Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4561Barred spiral7.2 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).