NGC 4914
NGC 4914
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
217 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
170k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 217 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4914 as it looked roughly 217 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 4868Spiral1.4 million ly
apartNGC 4846Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 3892Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartIC 4189Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4956Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4986Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4846Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 3892Lenticular8.5 million ly
apartIC 4189Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4956Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4986Barred spiral12 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).