NGC 4104
NGC 4104
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
400 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
291k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 400 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4104 as it looked roughly 400 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 3964Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4295Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 3165Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 4272Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 2971Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 3210Lenticular30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4295Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 3165Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 4272Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 2971Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 3210Lenticular30 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).