NGC 4930
NGC 4930
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
121 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 121 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4930 as it looked roughly 121 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 4696DLenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4645Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 4661Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4603Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4950Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4603DSpiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4645Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 4661Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4603Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4950Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4603DSpiral11 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).