NGC 4789
NGC 4789
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
390 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
188k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 390 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4789 as it looked roughly 390 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 4854Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4895Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4026Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4883Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4044Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4875Lenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4895Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4026Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4883Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 4044Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4875Lenticular19 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).