NGC 4786
NGC 4786
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4786 as it looked roughly 216 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 4718Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 4716Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4717Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4780AGalaxy13 million ly
apartNGC 4760Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 4761Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4716Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4717Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4780AGalaxy13 million ly
apartNGC 4760Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 4761Spiral14 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).