NGC 4868
NGC 4868
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4868 as it looked roughly 218 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 4914Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartNGC 4846Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3892Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartIC 4189Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4956Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4986Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4846Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3892Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartIC 4189Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4956Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4986Barred spiral12 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).