NGC 4613
NGC 4613
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4613 as it looked roughly 230 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 3632Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4614Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4615Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 3651Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartIC 3600Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4738Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4614Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4615Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 3651Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartIC 3600Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4738Spiral16 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).