NGC 4606
NGC 4606
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4606 as it looked roughly 79 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 4579Barred spiral1.4 million ly
apartIC 3720Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartNGC 4640Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartIC 3711Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartIC 3586Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4584Spiral2.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3720Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartNGC 4640Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartIC 3711Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartIC 3586Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4584Spiral2.8 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).