NGC 4261
NGC 4261
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
102 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 102 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4261 as it looked roughly 102 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 4287Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 3155Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4223Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4235Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4300Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4292Lenticular4.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3155Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4223Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4235Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4300Spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4292Lenticular4.2 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).