NGC 4935
NGC 4935
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
298 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 298 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4935 as it looked roughly 298 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
IC 827Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4978Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 857Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5136Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 4611Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 882Elliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4978Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 857Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 5136Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 4611Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 882Elliptical34 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).