NGC 4899
NGC 4899
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
124 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 124 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4899 as it looked roughly 124 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 4902Barred spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4887Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4897Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5044Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5049Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5077Elliptical10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4887Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4897Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 5044Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 5049Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 5077Elliptical10 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).