NGC 4877
NGC 4877
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
231 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
158k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 231 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4877 as it looked roughly 231 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 4924Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 829Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4847Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 4855Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4838Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4820Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 829Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4847Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 4855Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4838Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4820Lenticular15 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).