NGC 4846
NGC 4846
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
211 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 211 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4846 as it looked roughly 211 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 4914Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4868Spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3862Spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 3852Spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 3892Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4956Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4868Spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3862Spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 3852Spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 3892Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4956Lenticular13 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).