NGC 4148
NGC 4148
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
314 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
149k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 314 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4148 as it looked roughly 314 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 4229Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 2987Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4227Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 4156Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4097Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 3014Barred spiral25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2987Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4227Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 4156Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4097Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 3014Barred spiral25 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).