NGC 4889
NGC 4889
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
300 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
226k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 300 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4889 as it looked roughly 300 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 4042Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4886Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartIC 3957Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartIC 3960Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartIC 4133Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4819Spiral6.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4886Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartIC 3957Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartIC 3960Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartIC 4133Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4819Spiral6.7 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).