NGC 4149
NGC 4149
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
142 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 142 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4149 as it looked roughly 142 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 4290Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3963Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3895Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3894Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3958Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4500Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3963Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3895Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3894Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3958Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4500Spiral13 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).