NGC 4106
NGC 4106
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
101 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 101 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4106 as it looked roughly 101 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 764Spiral2.5 million ly
apartIC 760Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 2996Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 3015Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 3010Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3936Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 760Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartIC 2996Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 3015Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 3010Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3936Barred spiral10 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).