NGC 4121
NGC 4121
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
102 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
15k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 102 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4121 as it looked roughly 102 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 spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4513Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4481Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4120Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4128Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4250Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4513Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4481Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4120Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 4128Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4250Lenticular10 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).