NGC 4744
NGC 4744
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
157 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 157 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4744 as it looked roughly 157 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 4729Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4812Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4672Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4767BBarred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4601Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4909Spiral6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4812Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4672Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4767BBarred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4601Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4909Spiral6.9 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).