NGC 4044
NGC 4044
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
286 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 286 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4044 as it looked roughly 286 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 754Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 4079Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 753Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4073Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4006Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3979Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4079Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 753Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4073Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4006Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3979Lenticular17 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).