NGC 4715
NGC 4715
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
322 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 322 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4715 as it looked roughly 322 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 4673Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4807Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 4816Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4821Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 3900Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4848Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4807Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 4816Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4821Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 3900Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4848Spiral12 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).