NGC 4788
NGC 4788
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
300 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 300 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4788 as it looked roughly 300 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 4819Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4728Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartIC 831Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartIC 834Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartIC 3957Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4889Elliptical7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4728Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartIC 831Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartIC 834Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartIC 3957Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4889Elliptical7.7 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).