NGC 4760
NGC 4760
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
163k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4760 as it looked roughly 218 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 4717Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4716Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4792Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4820Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4823Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4761Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4716Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4792Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4820Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4823Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4761Spiral14 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).