NGC 4576
NGC 4576
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
249 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 249 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4576 as it looked roughly 249 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 4588Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 773Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 3136Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 4538Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 4307ASpiral35 million ly
apartNGC 4202Spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 773Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 3136Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 4538Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 4307ASpiral35 million ly
apartNGC 4202Spiral38 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).