NGC 4188
NGC 4188
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
199 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 199 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4188 as it looked roughly 199 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 766Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4263Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4279Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4177Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4329Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 786Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4263Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4279Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 4177Spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4329Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 786Lenticular10 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).