NGC 4134
NGC 4134
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
172 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 172 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4134 as it looked roughly 172 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 4169Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4008Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4131Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 4253Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4185Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4196Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4008Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4131Lenticular8.6 million ly
apartNGC 4253Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4185Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4196Lenticular13 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).