NGC 4097
NGC 4097
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
293 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 293 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4097 as it looked roughly 293 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
IC 3022Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 3014Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3897Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 4227Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 4148Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 2987Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3014Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3897Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 4227Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 4148Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 2987Barred spiral26 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).