NGC 4615
NGC 4615
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
221 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 221 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4615 as it looked roughly 221 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 4614Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartIC 3651Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartIC 3632Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartIC 3600Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4613Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4738Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3651Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartIC 3632Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartIC 3600Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4613Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4738Spiral13 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).