NGC 4444
NGC 4444
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
136 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 136 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4444 as it looked roughly 136 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 4573Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4575Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 3370Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4650ALenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4650Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 4373ALenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4575Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 3370Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4650ALenticular9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4650Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 4373ALenticular10 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).