NGC 4224
NGC 4224
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
121 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 121 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4224 as it looked roughly 121 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 4191Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4276Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4249Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 3148Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4264Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4281Lenticular6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4276Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4249Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 3148Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4264Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4281Lenticular6.4 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).