NGC 4260
NGC 4260
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
83 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 83 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4260 as it looked roughly 83 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 4492Spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 3118Irregular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4324Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4496ASpiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4409Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3167Lenticular6.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3118Irregular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4324Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4496ASpiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4409Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3167Lenticular6.7 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).