NGC 4356
NGC 4356
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
53 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 53 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4356 as it looked roughly 53 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 3322Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4429Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4376Irregular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4423Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4390Spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 3487Elliptical3.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4429Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4376Irregular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4423Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4390Spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 3487Elliptical3.1 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).