NGC 4339
NGC 4339
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
60 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 60 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4339 as it looked roughly 60 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 3267Spiral1.2 million ly
apartNGC 4366Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartNGC 4301Spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4464Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4411Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4411BSpiral3.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4366Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartNGC 4301Spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4464Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4411Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4411BSpiral3.3 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).