NGC 4714
NGC 4714
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
200 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 200 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4714 as it looked roughly 200 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
IC 3822Spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 3827Spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 3834Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4825Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4748Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4863Lenticular9.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3827Spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 3834Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4825Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4748Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4863Lenticular9.3 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).