NGC 4849
NGC 4849
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
275 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 275 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4849 as it looked roughly 275 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 4892Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartIC 3946Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4873Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4840Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4850Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4907Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3946Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4873Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4840Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4850Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4907Barred spiral9.7 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).