NGC 4720
NGC 4720
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
70 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 70 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4720 as it looked roughly 70 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 825Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4731Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4684Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4678Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4775Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4813Lenticular4.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4731Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4684Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4678Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4775Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4813Lenticular4.5 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).