NGC 4971
NGC 4971
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
292 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 292 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4971 as it looked roughly 292 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 4929Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartIC 4133Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5004BBarred spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 4042Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4934Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4886Elliptical9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4133Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 5004BBarred spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 4042Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4934Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4886Elliptical9.7 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).