NGC 4990
NGC 4990
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
147 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 147 million ly from home, you are seeing Cocoon Galaxy as it looked roughly 147 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 5015Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4989Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4915Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4890Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4885Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4071Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4989Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4915Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4890Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4885Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 4071Lenticular13 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).