NGC 4152
NGC 4152
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
100 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 100 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4152 as it looked roughly 100 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 4189Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 3099Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 769Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4168Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 797Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 3018Spiral9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3099Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 769Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4168Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 797Spiral9.5 million ly
apartIC 3018Spiral9.7 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).