NGC 4782
NGC 4782
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4782 as it looked roughly 185 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 4794Spiral610,000 ly
apartNGC 4783Elliptical710,000 ly
apartNGC 4829Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4822Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4766Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4748Spiral7.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4783Elliptical710,000 ly
apartNGC 4829Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4822Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4766Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4748Spiral7.4 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).