NGC 4264
NGC 4264
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
117 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 117 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4264 as it looked roughly 117 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 4259Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4378Spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 782Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4249Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartIC 3148Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4224Spiral5.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4378Spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 782Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4249Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartIC 3148Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4224Spiral5.2 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).