NGC 4689
NGC 4689
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
76 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
10.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 76 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4689 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
IC 3635Spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 3711Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartIC 3693Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartIC 3501Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4606Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 3720Elliptical5.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3711Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartIC 3693Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartIC 3501Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4606Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 3720Elliptical5.0 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).