NGC 4850
NGC 4850
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
280 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 280 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4850 as it looked roughly 280 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 4840Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4896Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 3968Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 3946Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartIC 3991Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4934Lenticular6.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4896Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 3968Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 3946Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartIC 3991Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4934Lenticular6.5 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).