NGC 4287
NGC 4287
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
100 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 100 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4287 as it looked roughly 100 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 4261Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4269Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4215Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4197Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4235Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 3155Lenticular4.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4269Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4215Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4197Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4235Spiral4.9 million ly
apartIC 3155Lenticular4.9 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).