NGC 4695
NGC 4695
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
228 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 228 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4695 as it looked roughly 228 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 830Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4669Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4644Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4686Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4675Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4646Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4669Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4644Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4686Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4675Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4646Elliptical15 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).