NGC 4730
NGC 4730
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
97 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 97 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4730 as it looked roughly 97 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 4751Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4988Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4645BLenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4835Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4696ELenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4219Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4988Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4645BLenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4835Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4696ELenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4219Barred spiral12 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).