NGC 4860
NGC 4860
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
369 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 369 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4860 as it looked roughly 369 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 4851Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4911Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4875Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4926Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4797Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartIC 4111Lenticular9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4911Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4875Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4926Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4797Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartIC 4111Lenticular9.7 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).