NGC 4662
NGC 4662
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
325 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
173k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 325 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4662 as it looked roughly 325 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 4619Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3717Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 3921Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4077Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4737Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 4583Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3717Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 3921Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 4077Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4737Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 4583Lenticular22 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).