NGC 4640
NGC 4640
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4640 as it looked roughly 81 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 3720Elliptical1.1 million ly
apartNGC 4606Barred spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 4584Spiral2.1 million ly
apartIC 3586Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartIC 3711Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4579Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4606Barred spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 4584Spiral2.1 million ly
apartIC 3586Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartIC 3711Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4579Barred spiral3.0 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).