NGC 4766
NGC 4766
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
187 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 187 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4766 as it looked roughly 187 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 4757Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4822Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartIC 3826Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4708Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4783Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4782Elliptical7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4822Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartIC 3826Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4708Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4783Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4782Elliptical7.3 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).