NGC 4386
NGC 4386
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
80 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 80 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4386 as it looked roughly 80 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 4159Spiral2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4291Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3901Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4749Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4750Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4127Spiral6.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4291Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3901Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4749Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 4750Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4127Spiral6.5 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).