NGC 4890
NGC 4890
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
141 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 141 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4890 as it looked roughly 141 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 4915Elliptical520,000 ly
apartNGC 4989Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartCocoon GalaxyLenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 5015Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4671Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 804Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4989Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartCocoon GalaxyLenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 5015Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4671Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 804Lenticular13 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).