NGC 4040
NGC 4040
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
322 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 322 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4040 as it looked roughly 322 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 4166Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4126Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4060Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4110Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4074Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4086Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4126Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4060Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4110Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4074Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 4086Lenticular17 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).