NGC 4894
NGC 4894
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
38k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4894 as it looked roughly 216 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 4865Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartIC 3973Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4867Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 4738Spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 818Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4908Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3973Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4867Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 4738Spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 818Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4908Elliptical16 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).