NGC 4729
NGC 4729
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
155 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 155 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4729 as it looked roughly 155 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 4744Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4672Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4812Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4681Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4909Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4601Lenticular7.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4672Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4812Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4681Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4909Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4601Lenticular7.4 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).