NGC 4231
NGC 4231
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
346 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 346 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4231 as it looked roughly 346 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 spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 4226Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 4392Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4288ALenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 4109Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 731Barred spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4226Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartNGC 4392Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4288ALenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 4109Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 731Barred spiral37 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).