NGC 4700
NGC 4700
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4700 as it looked roughly 66 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 4790Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4699Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4674Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4723Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4813Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4958Lenticular6.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4699Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4674Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4723Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4813Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4958Lenticular6.1 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).