NGC 4848
NGC 4848
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4848 as it looked roughly 327 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 3959Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartIC 4030Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 4045Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 4041Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4807Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4816Elliptical6.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4030Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 4045Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 4041Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4807Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4816Elliptical6.1 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).