NGC 4841B
NGC 4841B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
292 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 292 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4841B as it looked roughly 292 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 4828Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 3957Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4929Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4886Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartIC 4042Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartIC 3990Spiral7.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3957Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4929Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4886Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartIC 4042Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartIC 3990Spiral7.4 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).