NGC 4751
NGC 4751
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
91 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 91 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4751 as it looked roughly 91 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 4730Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4696ELenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4988Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4219Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4835Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4645BLenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4696ELenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4988Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4219Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4835Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4645BLenticular13 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).