NGC 4944
NGC 4944
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
325 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 325 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4944 as it looked roughly 325 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 4045Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartIC 4030Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4926ALenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4957Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4966Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4898AElliptical6.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4030Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4926ALenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4957Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4966Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4898AElliptical6.5 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).