NGC 4690
NGC 4690
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
130 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 130 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4690 as it looked roughly 130 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 4653Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4642Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 804Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4799Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4626Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4628Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4642Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 804Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4799Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4626Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4628Barred spiral13 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).