NGC 4915
NGC 4915
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
141 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 141 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4915 as it looked roughly 141 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 4890Spiral520,000 ly
apartNGC 4989Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartCocoon GalaxyLenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5015Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4671Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 804Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4989Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartCocoon GalaxyLenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 5015Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4671Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 804Lenticular13 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).