NGC 4658
NGC 4658
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
111 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 111 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4658 as it looked roughly 111 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 4663Lenticular910,000 ly
apartNGC 4682Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4680Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4604Irregular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4593Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4177Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4682Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4680Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4604Irregular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4593Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4177Spiral13 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).