NGC 4757
NGC 4757
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
191 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 191 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4757 as it looked roughly 191 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 4708Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4766Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4764Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 3826Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 828Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4822Elliptical7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4766Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4764Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 3826Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartIC 828Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4822Elliptical7.7 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).