NGC 4976
NGC 4976
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
10.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4976 as it looked roughly 66 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 4945ASpiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 5121Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5121ASpiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5530Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5643Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4402Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5121Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5121ASpiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5530Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 5643Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 4402Barred spiral19 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).