NGC 4366
NGC 4366
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
15k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4366 as it looked roughly 59 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 3267Spiral390,000 ly
apartNGC 4464Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartNGC 4339Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartNGC 4411Spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4411BSpiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 4316Spiral2.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4464Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartNGC 4339Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartNGC 4411Spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4411BSpiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 4316Spiral2.3 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).