NGC 4612
NGC 4612
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
87 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 87 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4612 as it looked roughly 87 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 4623Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartIC 3719Irregular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 4608Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4598Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4535Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4570Lenticular5.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3719Irregular1.8 million ly
apartNGC 4608Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4598Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4535Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4570Lenticular5.8 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).