NGC 4058
NGC 4058
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
270 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 270 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4058 as it looked roughly 270 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 4073Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 4139Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 756Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3136Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 773Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 4044Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4139Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 756Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3136Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 773Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 4044Elliptical24 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).