NGC 4119
NGC 4119
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4119 as it looked roughly 81 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 3118Irregular3.7 million ly
apartIC 3041Spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 3019Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartIC 3131Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 3315Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4165Spiral7.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3041Spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 3019Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartIC 3131Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 3315Elliptical6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4165Spiral7.4 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).