NGC 4696B
NGC 4696B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
142 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 142 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4696B as it looked roughly 142 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 4677Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4743Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4575Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4696Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4650ALenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4767Elliptical5.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4743Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4575Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4696Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4650ALenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4767Elliptical5.8 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).