NGC 4764
NGC 4764
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
193 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
26k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 193 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4764 as it looked roughly 193 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 4757Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartIC 828Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartIC 3826Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 3859Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4708Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4766Lenticular7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 828Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartIC 3826Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 3859Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4708Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4766Lenticular7.6 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).