NGC 4691
NGC 4691
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
53 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 53 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4691 as it looked roughly 53 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 4629Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4592Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4941Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4771Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4697Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4546Elliptical4.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4592Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4941Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4771Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4697Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4546Elliptical4.7 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).