NGC 4791
NGC 4791
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
117 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 117 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4791 as it looked roughly 117 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 4796Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4803Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4795Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 4577Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 4543Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 3732Irregular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4803Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4795Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 4577Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 4543Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 3732Irregular13 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).