NGC 4955
NGC 4955
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
161 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 161 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4955 as it looked roughly 161 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 4831Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 4219Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5114Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4264Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3813Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4936Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4219Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5114Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4264Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3813Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4936Elliptical18 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).