NGC 4369
NGC 4369
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
49 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 49 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4369 as it looked roughly 49 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
NGC 4145Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4203Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4217Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 5002Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4283Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5014Spiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4203Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4217Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 5002Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4283Elliptical8.8 million ly
apartNGC 5014Spiral9.1 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).