NGC 4717
NGC 4717
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
220 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 220 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4717 as it looked roughly 220 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 4760Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4716Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4786Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 4792Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4703Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4780AGalaxy15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4716Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4786Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 4792Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4703Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4780AGalaxy15 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).