NGC 4741
NGC 4741
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
412 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
140k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 412 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4741 as it looked roughly 412 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 4901Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4837 NED02Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4837 NED01Irregular16 million ly
apartNGC 5029Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 4998Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 4938Barred spiral40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4837 NED02Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4837 NED01Irregular16 million ly
apartNGC 5029Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 4998Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 4938Barred spiral40 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).