NGC 4924
NGC 4924
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
228 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 228 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4924 as it looked roughly 228 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 4877Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4855Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4847Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 829Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4838Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4820Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4855Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4847Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 829Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4838Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4820Lenticular13 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).