NGC 4776
NGC 4776
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
171 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 171 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4776 as it looked roughly 171 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 4770Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4739Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4777Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 3883Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4780Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4773Elliptical8.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4739Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4777Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 3883Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4780Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4773Elliptical8.1 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).