NGC 4654
NGC 4654
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
49 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
10.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 49 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4654 as it looked roughly 49 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 4649Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartNGC 4639Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4660Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartIC 3775Spiral2.6 million ly
apartIC 3727Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4497Lenticular2.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4639Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4660Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartIC 3775Spiral2.6 million ly
apartIC 3727Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4497Lenticular2.9 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).