NGC 4597
NGC 4597
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
48 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 48 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4597 as it looked roughly 48 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 4546Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartNGC 4487Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4504Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4592Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4691Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4629Spiral5.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4487Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4504Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4592Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4691Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4629Spiral5.1 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).