NGC 4866
NGC 4866
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
155k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4866 as it looked roughly 92 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
IC 3735Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4641Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartIC 3637Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4596Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 3633Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 3486Elliptical10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4641Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartIC 3637Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4596Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 3633Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 3486Elliptical10 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).