NGC 4075
NGC 4075
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
305 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 305 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4075 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 4043Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 753Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 756Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 4044Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 4077Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 4073Elliptical30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 753Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 756Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 4044Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 4077Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 4073Elliptical30 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).