NGC 4039
NGC 4039
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
76 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 76 million ly from home, you are seeing Antennae Galaxies as it looked roughly 76 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 4027Barred spiral1.5 million ly
apartAntennae GalaxiesBarred spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4024Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartNGC 4033Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3956Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3957Lenticular3.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartAntennae GalaxiesBarred spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4024Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartNGC 4033Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3956Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3957Lenticular3.6 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).