NGC 4405
NGC 4405
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4405 as it looked roughly 81 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 3369Elliptical620,000 ly
apartNGC 4383Spiral1.3 million ly
apartIC 3391Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 3392Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 3386Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartIC 3388Elliptical4.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4383Spiral1.3 million ly
apartIC 3391Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 3392Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 3386Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartIC 3388Elliptical4.8 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).