NGC 4081
NGC 4081
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
68 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 68 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4081 as it looked roughly 68 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 4205Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4036Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4125Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3682Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3879Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4391Elliptical7.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4036Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4125Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3682Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3879Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4391Elliptical7.1 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).