NGC 4950
NGC 4950
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
130 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 130 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4950 as it looked roughly 130 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 4743Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4696Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 4930Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4767ASpiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4650Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4603DSpiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4696Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 4930Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4767ASpiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4650Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4603DSpiral12 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).