NGC 4981
NGC 4981
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
78 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 78 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4981 as it looked roughly 78 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 4928Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4942Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4995Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4948ABarred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4775Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 4212Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4942Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4995Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4948ABarred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4775Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 4212Barred spiral9.0 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).