NGC 4021
NGC 4021
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
467 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 467 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4021 as it looked roughly 467 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 3765Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 3739Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 3213Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 3296Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 3348Spiral51 million ly
apartIC 2956Barred spiral52 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3739Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 3213Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 3296Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 3348Spiral51 million ly
apartIC 2956Barred spiral52 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).