NGC 4254
M99 · NGC 4254
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
112 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
165k ly
across
9.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 112 million ly from home, you are seeing Coma Pinwheel as it looked roughly 112 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
IC 3049Spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 3061Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4193Spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 3063Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 3365Irregular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4200Lenticular5.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3061Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4193Spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 3063Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 3365Irregular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4200Lenticular5.7 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).