NGC 4867
NGC 4867
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4867 as it looked roughly 225 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 3973Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4908Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4738Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4894Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 4865Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 818Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4908Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4738Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4894Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 4865Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 818Barred spiral14 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).