NGC 4004B
NGC 4004B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
156 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 156 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4004B as it looked roughly 156 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 4004Irregular200,000 ly
apartNGC 4017Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 2985Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3995Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3966Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4008Elliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4017Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartIC 2985Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3995Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3966Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4008Elliptical12 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).