NGC 4954
NGC 4954
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
432 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 432 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4954 as it looked roughly 432 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 5262Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 945Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 954Spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 5034Barred spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 5314Spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 5415Elliptical49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 945Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 954Spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 5034Barred spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 5314Spiral48 million ly
apartNGC 5415Elliptical49 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).