NGC 4139
NGC 4139
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4139 as it looked roughly 261 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 4058Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4073Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4045ALenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 4202Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3907Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 4006Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4073Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4045ALenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 4202Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3907Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 4006Elliptical23 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).