NGC 4754
NGC 4754
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
10.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4754 as it looked roughly 59 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
IC 3767Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartIC 3665Irregular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4694Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4758Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 3612Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4880Lenticular5.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3665Irregular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4694Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4758Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 3612Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4880Lenticular5.3 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).