NGC 4801
NGC 4801
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
752 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
295k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 752 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4801 as it looked roughly 752 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 3889Elliptical130 million ly
apartNGC 4549Spiral140 million ly
apartNGC 4199AElliptical150 million ly
apartIC 4284Spiral160 million ly
apartNGC 4652Barred spiral170 million ly
apartNGC 4547Elliptical170 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4549Spiral140 million ly
apartNGC 4199AElliptical150 million ly
apartIC 4284Spiral160 million ly
apartNGC 4652Barred spiral170 million ly
apartNGC 4547Elliptical170 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).