NGC 4750
NGC 4750
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
75 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 75 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4750 as it looked roughly 75 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 4693Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4331Irregular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4749Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4386Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4648Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4159Spiral8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4331Irregular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4749Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4386Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4648Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4159Spiral8.3 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).