NGC 4668
NGC 4668
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
76 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 76 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4668 as it looked roughly 76 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 4666Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4684Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4632Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4527Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4517ASpiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4720Elliptical7.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4684Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4632Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4527Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4517ASpiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4720Elliptical7.4 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).