NGC 4120
NGC 4120
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
104 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 104 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4120 as it looked roughly 104 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 4108ABarred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4128Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4250Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4034Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4513Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4121Elliptical8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4128Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4250Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4034Spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 4513Lenticular7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4121Elliptical8.3 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).