NGC 4796
NGC 4796
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
112 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 112 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4796 as it looked roughly 112 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 4791Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 3732Irregular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4577Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4543Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4578Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4522Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3732Irregular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4577Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4543Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4578Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4522Spiral11 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).