NGC 4126
NGC 4126
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4126 as it looked roughly 316 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 4166Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4040Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 3029Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3008Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3996Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 3093Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4040Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 3029Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3008Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3996Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 3093Spiral19 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).