NGC 4074
NGC 4074
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4074 as it looked roughly 316 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 4060Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4092Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4084Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4072Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4086Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4040Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4092Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4084Elliptical5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4072Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4086Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 4040Elliptical15 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).