NGC 4761
NGC 4761
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
205 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 205 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4761 as it looked roughly 205 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 4778Lenticular190,000 ly
apartNGC 4780AGalaxy2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4703Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 3859Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4716Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4764Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4780AGalaxy2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4703Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 3859Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4716Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4764Elliptical11 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).