NGC 4984
NGC 4984
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
57 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 57 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4984 as it looked roughly 57 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 4856Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4722Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5099Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4723Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4784Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4781Spiral6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4722Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5099Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4723Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4784Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4781Spiral6.4 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).