NGC 4951
NGC 4951
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
55 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 55 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4951 as it looked roughly 55 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 4948Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4941Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4697Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4691Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 3908Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4784Lenticular6.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4941Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4697Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4691Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 3908Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4784Lenticular6.2 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).