NGC 4904
NGC 4904
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
55 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 55 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4904 as it looked roughly 55 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 4771Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4845Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4753Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4691Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4629Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4951Spiral6.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4845Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4753Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4691Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4629Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4951Spiral6.3 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).