NGC 4735
NGC 4735
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
301 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 301 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4735 as it looked roughly 301 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 4728Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4788Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4676BLenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4817Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4889Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4676ALenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4788Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4676BLenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4817Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4889Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4676ALenticular12 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).