NGC 4095
NGC 4095
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
334 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 334 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4095 as it looked roughly 334 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 4093Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartNGC 4070Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4089Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4086Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4042Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4090Spiral7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4070Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4089Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4086Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartNGC 4042Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4090Spiral7.2 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).