NGC 4909
NGC 4909
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
158 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 158 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4909 as it looked roughly 158 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 4812Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4744Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5026Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4729Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4681Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4672Spiral9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4744Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 5026Spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4729Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4681Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4672Spiral9.2 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).