NGC 4000
NGC 4000
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
211 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 211 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4000 as it looked roughly 211 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 3987Barred spiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 4018Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 3989Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4005Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4023Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3997Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4018Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 3989Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4005Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4023Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3997Barred spiral7.3 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).