NGC 4084
NGC 4084
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4084 as it looked roughly 316 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 4092Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4074Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4060Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4072Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4086Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4002Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4074Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4060Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4072Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4086Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4002Spiral16 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).