NGC 4817
NGC 4817
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
309 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 309 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4817 as it looked roughly 309 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
IC 3960Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4876Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4881Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4841AElliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4895AElliptical7.1 million ly
apartIC 3976Elliptical8.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4876Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4881Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4841AElliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4895AElliptical7.1 million ly
apartIC 3976Elliptical8.0 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).