NGC 4105
NGC 4105
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
88 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
10.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 88 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4105 as it looked roughly 88 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 2995Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 3010Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartIC 3015Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 3005Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3885Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3936Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3010Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartIC 3015Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 3005Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3885Lenticular7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3936Barred spiral9.1 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).