NGC 4334
NGC 4334
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
199 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 199 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4334 as it looked roughly 199 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 3134Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 4296Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4297Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4247Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4496BBarred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 3040Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4296Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4297Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4247Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4496BBarred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 3040Spiral20 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).