NGC 4906
NGC 4906
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
349 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 349 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4906 as it looked roughly 349 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 3949Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartIC 839Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 4106Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 3913Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 4040Spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 3955Lenticular8.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 839Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 4106Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 3913Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 4040Spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 3955Lenticular8.0 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).