NGC 4897
NGC 4897
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
119 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 119 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4897 as it looked roughly 119 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 4902Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4899Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 4177Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4887Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5017Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5030Lenticular9.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4899Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 4177Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4887Lenticular6.8 million ly
apartNGC 5017Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 5030Lenticular9.3 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).