NGC 4830
NGC 4830
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
156 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 156 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4830 as it looked roughly 156 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 4970Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 3813Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 3825Galaxy19 million ly
apartNGC 5022Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4197Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 4968Lenticular20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3813Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 3825Galaxy19 million ly
apartNGC 5022Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4197Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 4968Lenticular20 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).