NGC 4087
NGC 4087
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
154 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 154 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4087 as it looked roughly 154 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
IC 3152Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartIC 3289Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 3813Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 4831Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 4574Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 2977Irregular33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3289Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 3813Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 4831Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 4574Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 2977Irregular33 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).