NGC 4870
NGC 4870
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
494 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 494 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4870 as it looked roughly 494 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 4027Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4893AElliptical6.0 million ly
apartIC 4115Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 4144Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 3956Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4893Elliptical10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4893AElliptical6.0 million ly
apartIC 4115Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 4144Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 3956Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4893Elliptical10 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).