NGC 4855
NGC 4855
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
224 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 224 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4855 as it looked roughly 224 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 4847Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4820Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4924Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4823Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4877Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4838Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4820Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4924Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4823Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4877Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4838Barred spiral11 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).