NGC 4767
NGC 4767
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
138 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 138 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4767 as it looked roughly 138 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 4743Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4767ASpiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4696Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4650ALenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4696BElliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4650Lenticular7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4767ASpiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4696Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4650ALenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4696BElliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4650Lenticular7.6 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).