NGC 4696E
NGC 4696E
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
85 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 85 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4696E as it looked roughly 85 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 4751Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4730Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4219Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4988Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4645BLenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 5121Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4730Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4219Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4988Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4645BLenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 5121Spiral19 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).