NGC 4964
NGC 4964
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
118 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 118 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4964 as it looked roughly 118 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 4814Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4384Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 875Lenticular13 million ly
apartMedusa Galaxy MergerBarred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 4545Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4512Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4384Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 875Lenticular13 million ly
apartMedusa Galaxy MergerBarred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 4545Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4512Lenticular18 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).