NGC 4128
NGC 4128
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
109 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 109 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4128 as it looked roughly 109 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 4034Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4108ABarred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4120Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4513Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 4108Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4121Elliptical9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4108ABarred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4120Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4513Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 4108Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4121Elliptical9.4 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).