NGC 4494
NGC 4494
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
62 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
9.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 62 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4494 as it looked roughly 62 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 4562Barred spiral1.8 million ly
apartIC 3227Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNeedle GalaxyBarred spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 3571Irregular5.7 million ly
apartIC 3334Irregular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4725Spiral6.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3227Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNeedle GalaxyBarred spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 3571Irregular5.7 million ly
apartIC 3334Irregular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4725Spiral6.8 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).