NGC 4699
NGC 4699
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
65 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
9.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 65 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4699 as it looked roughly 65 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 4674Spiral850,000 ly
apartNGC 4790Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4700Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4813Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4678Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4958Lenticular4.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4790Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4700Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4813Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4678Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4958Lenticular4.8 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).