NGC 4712
NGC 4712
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
204 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 204 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4712 as it looked roughly 204 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 4865Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 3460Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3600Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4894Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4615Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 3651Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3460Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3600Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4894Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4615Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 3651Lenticular18 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).