NGC 4255
NGC 4255
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
91 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 91 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4255 as it looked roughly 91 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 4268Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4234Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4197Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4215Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4269Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4045Spiral8.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4234Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4197Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4215Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4269Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4045Spiral8.0 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).