NGC 4266
NGC 4266
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
72 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 72 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4266 as it looked roughly 72 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 3229Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4303Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 4430Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4416Spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 3474Spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 3131Elliptical5.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4303Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 4430Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4416Spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 3474Spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 3131Elliptical5.8 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).