NGC 4886
NGC 4886
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
297 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 297 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4886 as it looked roughly 297 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 4042Lenticular750,000 ly
apartIC 3957Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4889Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartIC 4133Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4841BElliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4828Lenticular6.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3957Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4889Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartIC 4133Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4841BElliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4828Lenticular6.5 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).