NGC 4970
NGC 4970
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
151 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 151 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4970 as it looked roughly 151 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
IC 4197Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4831Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 3813Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4968Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4830Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 4180Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4831Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 3813Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4968Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4830Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 4180Lenticular14 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).