NGC 4589
NGC 4589
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
91 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
10.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 91 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4589 as it looked roughly 91 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 4127Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3752Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5323Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4291Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4159Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4749Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3752Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 5323Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4291Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4159Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4749Barred spiral11 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).