NGC 4069
NGC 4069
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
356 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 356 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4069 as it looked roughly 356 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 4091Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4098 NED02Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4056Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4066Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 4055Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4155Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4098 NED02Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4056Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4066Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 4055Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4155Elliptical15 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).