NGC 4164
NGC 4164
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
906 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
187k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 906 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4164 as it looked roughly 906 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
IC 3017Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3078Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED01Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED03Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2994Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3034Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3078Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED01Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED03Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2994Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3034Barred spiral31 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).