NGC 4461
NGC 4461
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
90 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 90 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4461 as it looked roughly 90 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 4425Lenticular1.5 million ly
apartIC 794Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4476Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartIC 3478Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4305Spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 3486Elliptical3.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 794Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4476Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartIC 3478Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4305Spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 3486Elliptical3.3 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).