NGC 4616
NGC 4616
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4616 as it looked roughly 210 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 4603BBarred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 4679Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4709Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 4622AElliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4622Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4953Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4679Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4709Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 4622AElliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4622Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4953Lenticular29 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).