NGC 4931
NGC 4931
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
251 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 251 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4931 as it looked roughly 251 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 4923Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4921Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4943Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5000Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3947Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4021Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4921Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4943Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 5000Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3947Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 4021Elliptical17 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).