NGC 4227
NGC 4227
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
301 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 301 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4227 as it looked roughly 301 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 4229Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4148Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 4097Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 3007Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 3330Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 3022Elliptical29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4148Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 4097Lenticular22 million ly
apartIC 3007Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 3330Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 3022Elliptical29 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).