NGC 4880
NGC 4880
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4880 as it looked roughly 64 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 3806Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4647Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 3701Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartIC 3767Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4754Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4528Lenticular7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4647Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 3701Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartIC 3767Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4754Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4528Lenticular7.2 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).