NGC 4197
NGC 4197
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
96 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 96 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4197 as it looked roughly 96 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 4215Lenticular1.2 million ly
apartNGC 4269Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4268Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4234Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4287Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4255Lenticular5.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4269Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4268Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4234Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4287Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4255Lenticular5.7 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).