NGC 4650A
NGC 4650A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
136 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 136 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4650A as it looked roughly 136 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 4696Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4650Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4743Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4575Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4767ASpiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4767Elliptical5.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4650Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4743Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4575Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4767ASpiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4767Elliptical5.3 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).