NGC 4997
NGC 4997
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
109 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 109 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4997 as it looked roughly 109 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 5038Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 5046Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5035Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartIC 4177Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5030Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5017Elliptical9.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5046Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 5035Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartIC 4177Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 5030Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 5017Elliptical9.3 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).