NGC 4078
NGC 4078
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
117 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 117 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4078 as it looked roughly 117 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 4067Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 3021Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 3063Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4193Spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 776Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 3148Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3021Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 3063Spiral7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4193Spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 776Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 3148Barred spiral9.2 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).