NGC 4905
NGC 4905
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
243 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 243 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4905 as it looked roughly 243 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 4903Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 3986Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 4953Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 5126Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 4290Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 3927Elliptical37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3986Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 4953Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 5126Lenticular35 million ly
apartIC 4290Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 3927Elliptical37 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).