NGC 4076
NGC 4076
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
289 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 289 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4076 as it looked roughly 289 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 4057Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3947Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4072Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3919Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3940Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 742Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3947Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4072Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3919Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3940Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 742Spiral20 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).