NGC 4771
NGC 4771
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
53 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 53 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4771 as it looked roughly 53 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 4845Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4904Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4629Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4544Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4691Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4592Spiral4.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4904Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4629Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4544Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4691Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4592Spiral4.9 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).