NGC 4015 NED02
NGC 4015 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4015 NED02 as it looked roughly 203 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 4015 NED01Elliptical280,000 ly
apartNGC 4022Lenticular730,000 ly
apartNGC 4023Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4005Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3989Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4011Spiral5.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4022Lenticular730,000 ly
apartNGC 4023Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4005Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 3989Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4011Spiral5.9 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).