NGC 4446
NGC 4446
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
341 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 341 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4446 as it looked roughly 341 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 4447Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 3235Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3481Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 3280Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3467Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3209Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3235Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3481Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 3280Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3467Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3209Spiral18 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).