NGC 4929
NGC 4929
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
290 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 290 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4929 as it looked roughly 290 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 4971Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartIC 4133Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4934Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4841BElliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4828Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartIC 3968Elliptical7.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4133Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4934Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4841BElliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4828Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartIC 3968Elliptical7.0 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).