NGC 4056
NGC 4056
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
344 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 344 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4056 as it looked roughly 344 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 4066Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4055Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4090Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4098 NED01Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4053Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4089Elliptical7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4055Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4090Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4098 NED01Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4053Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 4089Elliptical7.9 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).