NGC 4359
NGC 4359
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
57 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
23k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 57 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4359 as it looked roughly 57 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 3334Irregular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4525Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4173Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4203Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartIC 3571Irregular6.1 million ly
apartNeedle GalaxyBarred spiral6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4525Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4173Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4203Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartIC 3571Irregular6.1 million ly
apartNeedle GalaxyBarred spiral6.4 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).