NGC 4812
NGC 4812
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
158 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 158 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4812 as it looked roughly 158 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 4744Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4909Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4729Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4767BBarred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 4672Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4681Spiral8.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4909Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4729Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4767BBarred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 4672Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4681Spiral8.2 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).