NGC 4874
NGC 4874
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
334 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
222k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 334 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4874 as it looked roughly 334 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 4872Elliptical560,000 ly
apartIC 4012Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartIC 4041Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 4011Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4842BElliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 3959Elliptical6.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4012Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartIC 4041Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 4011Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4842BElliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 3959Elliptical6.5 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).