NGC 4728
NGC 4728
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
299 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 299 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4728 as it looked roughly 299 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 4788Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartIC 831Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4819Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4735Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 834Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartIC 3957Elliptical10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 831Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4819Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4735Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 834Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartIC 3957Elliptical10 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).