NGC 4012
NGC 4012
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
194 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 194 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4012 as it looked roughly 194 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 737Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 768Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 736Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3863Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 3134Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 3040Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 768Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 736Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3863Barred spiral19 million ly
apartIC 3134Lenticular21 million ly
apartIC 3040Spiral21 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).