NGC 4859
NGC 4859
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
333 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
146k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 333 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4859 as it looked roughly 333 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 837Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4842BElliptical5.7 million ly
apartIC 3900Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4821Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4874Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 4872Elliptical6.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4842BElliptical5.7 million ly
apartIC 3900Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4821Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4874Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 4872Elliptical6.7 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).