NGC 4816
NGC 4816
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
322 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 322 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4816 as it looked roughly 322 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 4807Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4869Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4864Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4898AElliptical5.7 million ly
apartIC 3963Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4848Spiral6.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4869Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4864Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4898AElliptical5.7 million ly
apartIC 3963Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4848Spiral6.1 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).