NGC 4421
NGC 4421
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
72 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 72 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4421 as it looked roughly 72 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 796Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartNGC 4321Spiral1.7 million ly
apartIC 3462Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4474Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4502Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4486BElliptical3.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4321Spiral1.7 million ly
apartIC 3462Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4474Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4502Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4486BElliptical3.9 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).