NGC 4331
NGC 4331
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
34k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4331 as it looked roughly 73 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 4648Elliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4750Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4363Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3901Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4386Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4693Spiral8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4750Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4363Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3901Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 4386Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 4693Spiral8.3 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).