NGC 4596
NGC 4596
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
10.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4596 as it looked roughly 92 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
IC 3633Elliptical480,000 ly
apartNGC 4598Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4641Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4535Spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 3562Irregular4.3 million ly
apartIC 3486Elliptical5.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4598Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4641Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4535Spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 3562Irregular4.3 million ly
apartIC 3486Elliptical5.1 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).