NGC 4055
NGC 4055
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
342 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 342 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4055 as it looked roughly 342 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 4066Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartNGC 4090Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4056Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4098 NED01Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4053Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4089Elliptical5.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4090Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4056Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4098 NED01Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4053Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4089Elliptical5.3 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).