NGC 4731
NGC 4731
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
70 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
128k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 70 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4731 as it looked roughly 70 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
IC 825Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4813Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4720Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4775Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4678Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4699Spiral5.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4813Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4720Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4775Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4678Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4699Spiral5.1 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).