NGC 4629
NGC 4629
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABm
52 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
16k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 52 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4629 as it looked roughly 52 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 4592Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 4691Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4517Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4771Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4546Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4845Spiral4.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4691Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4517Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4771Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4546Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4845Spiral4.4 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).