NGC 4434
NGC 4434
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
50 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
21k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 50 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4434 as it looked roughly 50 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 4309Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartIC 3487Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartIC 3218Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4390Spiral2.2 million ly
apartIC 3328Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4423Spiral3.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3487Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartIC 3218Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4390Spiral2.2 million ly
apartIC 3328Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4423Spiral3.1 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).