NGC 4837 NED02
NGC 4837 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
399 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 399 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4837 NED02 as it looked roughly 399 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 4837 NED01Irregular420,000 ly
apartNGC 4901Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4741Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5029Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 4938Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 4998Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4901Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4741Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 5029Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 4938Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 4998Spiral27 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).