NGC 4006
NGC 4006
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
274 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 274 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4006 as it looked roughly 274 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
IC 754Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3979Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4079Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3907Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4044Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3907BBarred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3979Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4079Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3907Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4044Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3907BBarred spiral16 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).