NGC 4205
NGC 4205
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
67 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 67 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4205 as it looked roughly 67 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 4081Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4036Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4125Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4391Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4221Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3879Spiral7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4036Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4125Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4391Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4221Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3879Spiral7.5 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).