NGC 4748
NGC 4748
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
192 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 192 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4748 as it looked roughly 192 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 4783Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4756Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartIC 3822Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4794Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4782Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4714Elliptical7.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4756Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartIC 3822Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4794Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4782Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4714Elliptical7.8 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).