NGC 4696D
NGC 4696D
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
121 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 121 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4696D as it looked roughly 121 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 4645Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4603Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4661Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4930Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4603DSpiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4696ABarred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4603Spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4661Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4930Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4603DSpiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4696ABarred spiral11 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).