NGC 4687
NGC 4687
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
199 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 199 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4687 as it looked roughly 199 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 3852Spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 3862Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4711Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4846Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3795Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 4914Elliptical22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3862Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4711Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4846Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3795Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 4914Elliptical22 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).