NGC 4885
NGC 4885
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
156 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 156 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4885 as it looked roughly 156 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 4071Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4925Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 3812Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 4773Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4780Spiral11 million ly
apartCocoon GalaxyLenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4925Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 3812Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 4773Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4780Spiral11 million ly
apartCocoon GalaxyLenticular11 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).