NGC 4066
NGC 4066
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
343 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 343 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4066 as it looked roughly 343 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 4055Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartNGC 4056Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4090Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4098 NED01Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4053Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4089Elliptical6.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4056Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4090Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4098 NED01Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4053Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4089Elliptical6.2 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).