NGC 4676A
NGC 4676A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
305 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
192k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 305 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4676A as it looked roughly 305 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 4676BLenticular1.1 million ly
apartIC 821Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4735Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 826Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3620Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4728Elliptical19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 821Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4735Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 826Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3620Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4728Elliptical19 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).