NGC 4072
NGC 4072
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
305 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 305 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4072 as it looked roughly 305 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 4092Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 4057Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4074Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4084Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4060Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3943Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4057Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 4074Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4084Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4060Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3943Barred spiral14 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).