NGC 4091
NGC 4091
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
357 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 357 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4091 as it looked roughly 357 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 4098 NED02Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 4069Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4056Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4066Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4155Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4055Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4069Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4056Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4066Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4155Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4055Elliptical16 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).