NGC 4795
NGC 4795
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
127 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 127 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4795 as it looked roughly 127 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 4803Elliptical530,000 ly
apartNGC 4779Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4791Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 4799Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3631Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4796Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4779Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4791Barred spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 4799Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3631Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4796Elliptical15 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).