NGC 4831
NGC 4831
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
155 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 155 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4831 as it looked roughly 155 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 3813Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4955Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 4970Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4936Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4197Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 4968Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4955Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 4970Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4936Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4197Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 4968Lenticular19 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).