NGC 4787
NGC 4787
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
352 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 352 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4787 as it looked roughly 352 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 4827Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 3913Spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 835Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4721Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartIC 3949Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartIC 839Lenticular9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3913Spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 835Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4721Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartIC 3949Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartIC 839Lenticular9.0 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).