NGC 4999
NGC 4999
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
191k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4999 as it looked roughly 263 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 4996Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 850Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5050Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5104Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 849Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4218Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 850Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 5050Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 5104Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 849Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 4218Barred spiral22 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).