NGC 4797
NGC 4797
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
365 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 365 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4797 as it looked roughly 365 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 4851Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4860Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 4853Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 4926Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 4033Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4875Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4860Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 4853Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 4926Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 4033Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4875Lenticular11 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).