NGC 4694
NGC 4694
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
55 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 55 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4694 as it looked roughly 55 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 3779Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartIC 3684Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartIC 3665Irregular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4638Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4620Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4551Elliptical3.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3684Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartIC 3665Irregular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4638Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4620Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4551Elliptical3.2 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).