NGC 4655
NGC 4655
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
337 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 337 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4655 as it looked roughly 337 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 3758Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 3713Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 3717Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartIC 3783Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3895Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3897Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3713Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 3717Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartIC 3783Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3895Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3897Spiral18 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).