NGC 4077
NGC 4077
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
328 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 328 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4077 as it looked roughly 328 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 4075Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 4043Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 753Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 4333Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 4326Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 4493Elliptical39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4043Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 753Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 4333Barred spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 4326Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 4493Elliptical39 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).