NGC 4030
NGC 4030
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
69 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
10.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 69 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4030 as it looked roughly 69 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 3952Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 2969Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4123Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 4517ASpiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4266Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4303Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2969Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4123Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 4517ASpiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4266Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4303Barred spiral11 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).