NGC 4790
NGC 4790
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4790 as it looked roughly 64 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 4699Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4700Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4674Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4742Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4723Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4781Spiral4.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4700Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4674Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4742Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4723Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4781Spiral4.4 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).