NGC 4441
NGC 4441
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
124 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
149k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 124 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4441 as it looked roughly 124 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 4545Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4510Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4210Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4332Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4238Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4256Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4510Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4210Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4332Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4238Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4256Barred spiral6.6 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).