NGC 4482
NGC 4482
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
86 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 86 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4482 as it looked roughly 86 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 3383Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartIC 3443Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4425Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartIC 794Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 3167Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4608Lenticular4.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3443Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4425Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartIC 794Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 3167Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4608Lenticular4.5 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).