NGC 4057
NGC 4057
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
294 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 294 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4057 as it looked roughly 294 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 4076Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4072Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 3947Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3940Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3943Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 742Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4072Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 3947Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3940Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3943Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 742Spiral17 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).