NGC 4229
NGC 4229
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
315 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 315 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4229 as it looked roughly 315 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 4227Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4148Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 3007Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 3330Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2999Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4583Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4148Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 3007Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 3330Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2999Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4583Lenticular26 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).