NGC 4710
NGC 4710
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
55 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
10.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 55 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4710 as it looked roughly 55 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 4758Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 3779Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartIC 3612Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4620Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 3684Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 3665Irregular4.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3779Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartIC 3612Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4620Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 3684Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 3665Irregular4.0 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).