NGC 4296
NGC 4296
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
186 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 186 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4296 as it looked roughly 186 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 4297Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4247Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4246Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4334Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 768Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 3134Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4247Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4246Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4334Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 768Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 3134Lenticular21 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).