NGC 4888
NGC 4888
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
180 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 180 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4888 as it looked roughly 180 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 4878Lenticular2.0 million ly
apartIC 3883Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4739Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 828Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4776Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 3826Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3883Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4739Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 828Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4776Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 3826Lenticular15 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).