NGC 4086
NGC 4086
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
330 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 330 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4086 as it looked roughly 330 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 4093Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4095Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4070Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4042Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4089Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4053Spiral9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4095Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4070Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4042Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 4089Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4053Spiral9.4 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).