NGC 4309
NGC 4309
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
49 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 49 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4309 as it looked roughly 49 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 3218Elliptical460,000 ly
apartNGC 4434Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4343Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartIC 3328Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4423Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4390Spiral3.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4434Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4343Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartIC 3328Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4423Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4390Spiral3.4 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).