NGC 4807
NGC 4807
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
325 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 325 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4807 as it looked roughly 325 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 4816Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4821Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 3959Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartIC 3900Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4848Spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 4030Lenticular6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4821Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 3959Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartIC 3900Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4848Spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 4030Lenticular6.9 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).