NGC 4780
NGC 4780
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
164 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 164 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4780 as it looked roughly 164 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 4773Elliptical1.1 million ly
apartNGC 4777Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 4770Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4925Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4776Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartIC 3812Spiral8.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4777Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 4770Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4925Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4776Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartIC 3812Spiral8.1 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).