NGC 4856
NGC 4856
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
62 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
10.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 62 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4856 as it looked roughly 62 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 4723Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4722Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4984Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4790Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4781Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4784Lenticular5.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4722Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4984Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4790Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4781Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4784Lenticular5.9 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).