NGC 4093
NGC 4093
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
332 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 332 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4093 as it looked roughly 332 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 4095Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartNGC 4086Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4070Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4089Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4042Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4090Spiral8.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4086Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4070Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4089Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4042Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4090Spiral8.5 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).