NGC 4235
NGC 4235
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
104 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 104 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4235 as it looked roughly 104 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 4223Lenticular1.2 million ly
apartNGC 4180Spiral2.5 million ly
apartIC 3155Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4233Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4261Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4300Spiral4.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4180Spiral2.5 million ly
apartIC 3155Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4233Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4261Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4300Spiral4.5 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).