NGC 4626
NGC 4626
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
131 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 131 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4626 as it looked roughly 131 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 4628Barred spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4671Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartIC 804Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4428Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4602Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4433Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4671Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartIC 804Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4428Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4602Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4433Spiral13 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).