NGC 4956
NGC 4956
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
222 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 222 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4956 as it looked roughly 222 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 4986Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 4189Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4914Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4868Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4846Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3892Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4189Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4914Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4868Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4846Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3892Lenticular18 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).