NGC 4934
NGC 4934
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
284 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 284 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4934 as it looked roughly 284 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
IC 3968Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartIC 3990Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4929Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4850Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartIC 3991Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 4840Elliptical7.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3990Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4929Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4850Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartIC 3991Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 4840Elliptical7.1 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).