NGC 4989
NGC 4989
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
141 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 141 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4989 as it looked roughly 141 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 4915Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4890Spiral5.6 million ly
apartCocoon GalaxyLenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5015Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4939Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4671Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4890Spiral5.6 million ly
apartCocoon GalaxyLenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 5015Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4939Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4671Elliptical15 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).