NGC 4672
NGC 4672
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
154 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 154 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4672 as it looked roughly 154 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 4729Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4744Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4681Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4645ALenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4601Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4812Lenticular6.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4744Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4681Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4645ALenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4601Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4812Lenticular6.8 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).