NGC 4697
NGC 4697
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
56 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
9.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 56 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4697 as it looked roughly 56 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 4951Spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 3908Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4691Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4753Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4742Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4784Lenticular5.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3908Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4691Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4753Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4742Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4784Lenticular5.6 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).