NGC 4089
NGC 4089
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
337 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 337 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4089 as it looked roughly 337 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 4095Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4070Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4090Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4098 NED01Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4093Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4042Elliptical5.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4070Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4090Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4098 NED01Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4093Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4042Elliptical5.3 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).