NGC 4048
NGC 4048
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
222 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 222 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4048 as it looked roughly 222 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 3861Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3997Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3993Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 4000Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 3040Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 3987Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3997Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3993Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 4000Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 3040Spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 3987Barred spiral30 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).