NGC 4814
NGC 4814
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
117 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 117 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4814 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 4964Spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4384Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4512Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4545Spiral13 million ly
apartMedusa Galaxy MergerBarred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 875Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4384Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4512Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4545Spiral13 million ly
apartMedusa Galaxy MergerBarred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 875Lenticular14 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).