NGC 4781
NGC 4781
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4781 as it looked roughly 59 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 4784Lenticular300,000 ly
apartNGC 4742Elliptical690,000 ly
apartNGC 4722Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartIC 3908Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4723Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4790Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4742Elliptical690,000 ly
apartNGC 4722Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartIC 3908Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4723Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4790Barred spiral4.4 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).