NGC 4376
NGC 4376
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
52 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
20k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 52 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4376 as it looked roughly 52 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 4423Spiral520,000 ly
apartNGC 4356Spiral2.6 million ly
apartIC 3322Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4434Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4309Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4544Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4356Spiral2.6 million ly
apartIC 3322Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4434Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4309Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4544Barred spiral3.6 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).