NGC 4958
NGC 4958
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
10.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4958 as it looked roughly 66 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 4813Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartIC 4212Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4790Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4699Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4674Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 3908Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4212Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4790Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4699Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4674Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 3908Barred spiral5.9 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).