NGC 4926A
NGC 4926A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
321 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 321 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4926A as it looked roughly 321 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 4898AElliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4957Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4869Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 4045Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4944Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 3963Lenticular5.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4957Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4869Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 4045Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4944Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 3963Lenticular5.0 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).