NGC 4896
NGC 4896
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
278 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 278 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4896 as it looked roughly 278 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 3946Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4850Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 3991Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4840Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4952Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4873Lenticular6.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4850Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 3991Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4840Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4952Elliptical6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4873Lenticular6.5 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).