NGC 4187
NGC 4187
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
430 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
205k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 430 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4187 as it looked roughly 430 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 4181Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 4198Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 4172Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 711Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 709Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 708Elliptical51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4198Lenticular40 million ly
apartNGC 4172Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 711Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 709Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 708Elliptical51 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).