NGC 4772
NGC 4772
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
48 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 48 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4772 as it looked roughly 48 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 4845Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4580Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4592Spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 3576Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4698Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4629Spiral5.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4580Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4592Spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 3576Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4698Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4629Spiral5.5 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).