NGC 4948
NGC 4948
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
52 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 52 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4948 as it looked roughly 52 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 4941Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4951Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4691Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4697Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4802Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4597Spiral6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4951Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4691Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4697Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4802Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4597Spiral6.9 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).