NGC 4775
NGC 4775
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4775 as it looked roughly 73 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 825Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4731Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4948ABarred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4720Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4684Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4813Lenticular5.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4731Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4948ABarred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4720Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4684Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4813Lenticular5.8 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).