NGC 4854
NGC 4854
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
391 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 391 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4854 as it looked roughly 391 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 4895Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4789Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartIC 4044Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartIC 4026Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4883Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 4051Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4789Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartIC 4044Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartIC 4026Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4883Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 4051Elliptical17 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).