NGC 4785
NGC 4785
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
172 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 172 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4785 as it looked roughly 172 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 4835ASpiral16 million ly
apartIC 4200Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 5091Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5090ALenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 5234Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 4683Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4200Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 5091Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 5090ALenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 5234Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 4683Elliptical22 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).