NGC 4094
NGC 4094
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
67 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 67 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4094 as it looked roughly 67 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 4035Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 4033Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartAntennae GalaxiesBarred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3955Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4024Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4027Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4033Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartAntennae GalaxiesBarred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3955Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4024Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4027Barred spiral12 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).