NGC 4696
NGC 4696
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
136 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
152k ly
across
10.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 136 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4696 as it looked roughly 136 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 4743Lenticular2.0 million ly
apartNGC 4650ALenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4650Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4767ASpiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4767Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4696BElliptical5.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4650ALenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4650Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4767ASpiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4767Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4696BElliptical5.7 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).