NGC 4288A
NGC 4288A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
326 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 326 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4288A as it looked roughly 326 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 4226Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4392Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4232Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4231Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 4109Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 3713Lenticular38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4392Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4232Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4231Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 4109Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 3713Lenticular38 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).