NGC 4017
NGC 4017
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
161 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 161 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4017 as it looked roughly 161 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 4004BElliptical4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4004Irregular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4008Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3902Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 3944Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 2985Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4004Irregular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4008Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3902Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 3944Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 2985Lenticular11 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).