NGC 4181
NGC 4181
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
448 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
146k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 448 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4181 as it looked roughly 448 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 4187Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 4198Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 4172Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 3846Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 4732Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 4054 NED02Spiral50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4198Lenticular28 million ly
apartNGC 4172Spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 3846Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 4732Elliptical47 million ly
apartNGC 4054 NED02Spiral50 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).