NGC 4390
NGC 4390
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
51 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
22k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 51 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4390 as it looked roughly 51 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 3487Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4429Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4436Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4434Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4497Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4356Spiral2.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4429Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4436Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4434Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4497Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4356Spiral2.8 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).