NGC 4912
NGC 4912
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
343 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 343 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4912 as it looked roughly 343 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 4916Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartIC 842Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 4106Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartIC 4011Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4922 NED01Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4919Lenticular8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 842Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 4106Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartIC 4011Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4922 NED01Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4919Lenticular8.3 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).