NGC 4756
NGC 4756
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
190 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 190 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4756 as it looked roughly 190 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 4763Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4748Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 3822Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4783Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4794Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3831Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4748Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 3822Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4783Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4794Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3831Lenticular10 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).