NGC 4987
NGC 4987
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
219 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 219 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4987 as it looked roughly 219 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 830Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 5225Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4617Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4675Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4695Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5250Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5225Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4617Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4675Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 4695Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5250Lenticular18 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).