NGC 4031
NGC 4031
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
365 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 365 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4031 as it looked roughly 365 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 3003Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4113Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3002Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 3001Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2971Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 2961Lenticular32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4113Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3002Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 3001Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2971Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 2961Lenticular32 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).