NGC 4887
NGC 4887
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
126 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 126 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4887 as it looked roughly 126 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 4899Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4902Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4897Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5044Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5031Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5049Lenticular9.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4902Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4897Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5044Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 5031Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5049Lenticular9.3 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).