NGC 4326
NGC 4326
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
331 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 331 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4326 as it looked roughly 331 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 4333Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 3271Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3150Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 789Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 4360Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 4465Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3271Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3150Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 789Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 4360Elliptical21 million ly
apartNGC 4465Spiral22 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).