NGC 4839
NGC 4839
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
342 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
269k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 342 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4839 as it looked roughly 342 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 4842AElliptical1.3 million ly
apartNGC 4842BElliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 4011Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4919Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartIC 4012Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 837Spiral7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4842BElliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 4011Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4919Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartIC 4012Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 837Spiral7.6 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).