NGC 4875
NGC 4875
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
373 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 373 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4875 as it looked roughly 373 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 4911Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4860Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4851Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4883Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4926Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 4026Lenticular7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4860Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4851Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4883Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4926Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 4026Lenticular7.9 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).