NGC 4034
NGC 4034
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
111 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 111 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4034 as it looked roughly 111 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 4128Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4108ABarred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4120Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4108Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 4513Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 4108BSpiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4108ABarred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4120Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4108Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 4513Lenticular9.0 million ly
apartNGC 4108BSpiral10 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).