NGC 4969 NED01
NGC 4969 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
382 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 382 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4969 NED01 as it looked roughly 382 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 4969 NED02Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartNGC 4992Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 5151Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 3698Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 3694Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 5207Barred spiral47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4992Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 5151Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 3698Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 3694Barred spiral45 million ly
apartNGC 5207Barred spiral47 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).