NGC 4780A
NGC 4780A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
205 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 205 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4780A as it looked roughly 205 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 4761Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4778Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4703Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 3859Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4716Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4764Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4778Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4703Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 3859Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4716Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4764Elliptical12 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).