NGC 4577
NGC 4577
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
113 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 113 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4577 as it looked roughly 113 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 4543Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4480Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4470Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3225Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 782Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4522Spiral8.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4480Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4470Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3225Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 782Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4522Spiral8.7 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).