NGC 4709
NGC 4709
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
196k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4709 as it looked roughly 218 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 4622AElliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4679Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4616Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 4603BBarred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4953Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 4622Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4679Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4616Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 4603BBarred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4953Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 4622Spiral26 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).