NGC 4858
NGC 4858
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
439 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 439 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4858 as it looked roughly 439 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
IC 3998Lenticular1.7 million ly
apartIC 4051Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 4154Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 4044Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 3559Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 4895Lenticular42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4051Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 4154Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 4044Lenticular40 million ly
apartIC 3559Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 4895Lenticular42 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).