NGC 4881
NGC 4881
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
312 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 312 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4881 as it looked roughly 312 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 4876Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4895AElliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4841AElliptical4.2 million ly
apartIC 3976Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4871Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 4032Elliptical4.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4895AElliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4841AElliptical4.2 million ly
apartIC 3976Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4871Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 4032Elliptical4.5 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).