NGC 4862
NGC 4862
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
301 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 301 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4862 as it looked roughly 301 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 5028Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 4220Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5047Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 5094Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 5070Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 4217Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4220Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 5047Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 5094Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 5070Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 4217Barred spiral34 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).