NGC 4840
NGC 4840
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
281 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 281 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4840 as it looked roughly 281 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 4850Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartIC 3968Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 3946Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4896Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4892Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartIC 3991Elliptical6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3968Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 3946Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4896Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4892Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartIC 3991Elliptical6.9 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).