NGC 4060
NGC 4060
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
318 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 318 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4060 as it looked roughly 318 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 4074Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4092Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4084Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4086Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4072Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4093Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4092Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4084Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4086Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4072Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4093Elliptical15 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).