NGC 4835A
NGC 4835A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
158 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 158 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4835A 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 4909Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4681Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4812Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5026Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5090Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5090ALenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4681Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4812Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 5026Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 5090Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 5090ALenticular14 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).