NGC 4706
NGC 4706
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
175 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 175 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4706 as it looked roughly 175 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 4603ABarred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 4832Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4696CBarred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 4683Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4507Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4499Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4832Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4696CBarred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 4683Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4507Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4499Barred spiral14 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).