NGC 4226
NGC 4226
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
338 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 338 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4226 as it looked roughly 338 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 4232Barred spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4231Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 4392Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4288ALenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4109Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 731Barred spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4231Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 4392Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4288ALenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4109Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 731Barred spiral35 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).