NGC 4966
NGC 4966
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4966 as it looked roughly 327 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 4944Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4922 NED02Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5004Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4913Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4949Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 4045Elliptical9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4922 NED02Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 5004Lenticular7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4913Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4949Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 4045Elliptical9.0 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).