NGC 4895
NGC 4895
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
397 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
192k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 397 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4895 as it looked roughly 397 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 4044Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4854Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartIC 4051Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4789Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4026Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4883Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4854Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartIC 4051Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4789Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4026Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4883Elliptical18 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).