NGC 4575
NGC 4575
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4575 as it looked roughly 139 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 4650ALenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4696BElliptical5.7 million ly
apartIC 3370Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4696Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4373ALenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4650Lenticular6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4696BElliptical5.7 million ly
apartIC 3370Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4696Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4373ALenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4650Lenticular6.6 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).