NGC 4926
NGC 4926
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
366 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 366 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4926 as it looked roughly 366 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 4911Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 4111Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4851Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4860Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4927Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 4033Lenticular7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4111Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4851Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4860Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4927Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 4033Lenticular7.2 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).