NGC 4101
NGC 4101
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
285 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 285 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4101 as it looked roughly 285 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 4146Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3911Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 3075Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3951Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3988Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 4003Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3911Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 3075Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3951Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3988Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 4003Lenticular25 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).