NGC 4416
NGC 4416
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
68 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 68 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4416 as it looked roughly 68 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 4467Elliptical900,000 ly
apartIC 3259Spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4430Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4519AIrregular2.2 million ly
apartIC 3229Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4330Spiral4.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3259Spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4430Barred spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4519AIrregular2.2 million ly
apartIC 3229Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4330Spiral4.4 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).