NGC 4189
NGC 4189
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
98 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 98 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4189 as it looked roughly 98 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 3099Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4152Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 769Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4352Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartIC 3074Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 3220Elliptical6.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4152Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 769Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4352Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartIC 3074Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 3220Elliptical6.1 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).