NGC 4957
NGC 4957
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
321 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 321 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4957 as it looked roughly 321 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 4926ALenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4944Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4898AElliptical6.5 million ly
apartIC 4045Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4869Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 3963Lenticular7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4944Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4898AElliptical6.5 million ly
apartIC 4045Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4869Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 3963Lenticular7.9 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).