NGC 4572
NGC 4572
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
102 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 102 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4572 as it looked roughly 102 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 4250Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4120Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4589Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5452Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5323Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4128Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4120Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4589Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5452Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 5323Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4128Lenticular13 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).