NGC 4565
NGC 4565
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
287k ly
across
10.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing Needle Galaxy as it looked roughly 59 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 3571Irregular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4494Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4725Spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 3334Irregular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4562Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 3227Lenticular4.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4494Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4725Spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 3334Irregular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4562Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 3227Lenticular4.6 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).