NGC 4685
NGC 4685
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
315 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
146k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 315 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4685 as it looked roughly 315 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 3745Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartIC 3715Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 3784Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 3721Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 3696Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 3736Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3715Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 3784Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 3721Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 3696Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 3736Spiral12 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).