NGC 4917
NGC 4917
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
343 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 343 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4917 as it looked roughly 343 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 4932Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 5040Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 4963Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 853Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 4392Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 3713Lenticular42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5040Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 4963Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 853Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 4392Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 3713Lenticular42 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).