NGC 4578
NGC 4578
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
106 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 106 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4578 as it looked roughly 106 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 4522Spiral2.3 million ly
apartButterfly GalaxiesBarred spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 3732Irregular3.8 million ly
apartButterfly GalaxiesBarred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4607Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4470Spiral6.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartButterfly GalaxiesBarred spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 3732Irregular3.8 million ly
apartButterfly GalaxiesBarred spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4607Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4470Spiral6.2 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).