NGC 4169
NGC 4169
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
177 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 177 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4169 as it looked roughly 177 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 4131Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4253Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4185Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4134Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4196Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4132Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4253Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4185Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4134Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4196Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4132Spiral10 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).